World First: TMC and PAMCO Achieve a New Nodule Processing Milestone, Unlocking Critical Energy & Steelmaking Materials at Existing Facilities

TMC and PAMCO have successfully demonstrated the production flowsheet for its initial commercial production using a 2,000-tonne sample of nodules collected during TMC subsidiary Nauru Ocean Resources Inc.'s 2022 test mining, at PAMCO's commercial operating facility in Hachinohe, JapanFollowing the commercial-scale production of calcine in September 2024, PAMCO engineers fed calcine material into the company's 3,000 kVA DC electric-arc furnace where it was smelted into high-grade nickel-copper-cobalt alloy a ...