CategoryMobility

EV battery materials are now being mined from the ocean floor, but environmental impact remains unclear

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Impossible Metals, previously called Impossible Mining, plans to use autonomous robots to collect metal-rich rocks from the seafloor.
Author
DN
By:
Doug Newcomb
October 28, 2022 04:00 AM

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