TMC And SGS Produce Cobalt Sulfate From Deep-Seafloor Polymetallic Nodules
TMC And SGS Produce Cobalt Sulfate From Deep-Seafloor Polymetallic Nodules
- As part of TMC's pilot-scale nodule processing, SGS and TMC produced the world's first cobalt sulfate from deep-seafloor polymetallic nodules, continuing to indicate TMC's resource is suitable for battery and energy transition markets
- The cobalt sulfate was produced in a testing program conducted in collaboration with SGS applying TMC's efficient flowsheet design that processes high-grade nickel-copper-cobalt matte directly to high-purity cobalt sulfate (without making cobalt metal) and produces fertilizer products instead of solid waste or tailings
- Key milestone advances TMC's aim to decrease reliance on land-based cobalt deposits and supply chains, and follows last month's successful production of the world's first nickel sulfate derived exclusively from seafloor polymetallic nodules
- 作爲TMC中試規模結核加工的一部分，SGS和TMC從深海底多金屬結核中生產了世界上第一個硫酸鈷，這繼續表明TMC的資源適合電池和能源轉型市場
- 硫酸鈷是在與SGS合作進行的一項測試項目中生產的，該項目採用了TMC的高效流程圖設計，將高級鎳銅鈷磨砂直接加工到高純度的硫酸鈷（不製造鈷金屬），並生產肥料產品而不是固體廢物或尾礦
- 繼上個月成功生產了世界上第一種完全源自海底多金屬結核的硫酸鎳之後，TMC實現了減少對陸基鈷礦牀和供應鏈依賴的目標，這是一個重要的里程碑
NEW YORK, June 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TMC the metals company Inc. (NASDAQ:TMC) ("TMC" or the "Company"), an explorer of the world's largest estimated undeveloped source of critical battery metals, today announced that it has successfully produced the world's first cobalt sulfate derived exclusively from seafloor polymetallic nodules. The cobalt sulfate was generated during bench-scale testing of TMC's hydrometallurgical flowsheet design with SGS Canada Inc. ("SGS"). The test work was carried out at SGS' Metallurgical Centre of Excellence testing facility in Lakefield, Ontario.
紐約，2024年6月12日（GLOBE NEWSWIRE）——全球最大的估計未開發關鍵電池金屬來源的勘探公司金屬公司（納斯達克股票代碼：TMC）（“TMC” 或 “公司”）今天宣佈，它已成功生產出世界上第一種完全源自海底多金屬結核的硫酸鈷。硫酸鈷是在加拿大SGS公司（“SGS”）對TMC的溼法冶金流程設計進行臺式測試時生成的。測試工作在 SGS 位於安大略省萊克菲爾德的卓越冶金中心測試設施進行。