The Metals Company (TMC) is focused on sourcing metals from seafloor polymetallic nodules to utilize in electric vehicles and energy storage systems. While their primary focus is on terrestrial applications, they have partnered with Tohoku University Space Robotics Laboratory to develop space robots. Their activities include designing robots for data collection and sampling in microgravity environments, with a future goal of analyzing soil on the Moon. The Metals Company is considered a potential asteroid miner, with the aim of extracting metals like platinum and cobalt.
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The United Nations' International Seabed Authority issued a veiled warning about The Metals Company's potential activities in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone last year.
Canadian firm The Metals Company is seeking to explore for minerals in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean.