Key Points TMC has filed the first-ever NOAA consolidated application to explore the seabed for minerals. TMC has received prior unconsolidated approvals, and recovered 3,000 tons of minerals from the ocean. 10 stocks we like better than TMC The Metals Company › TMC the metals company (NASDAQ: TMC) -- that's not a description, that's its actual name -- stock surged 13.7% through 11:40 A.M. ET Thursday, and it's not hard to figure out why. This morning, TMC subsidiary TMC USA filed the country's fi ...