The Metals Company said the protest was costing it $1 million a day.

IGO's board is siding with its CEO-elect Ivan Vella after concluding no information was compromised as a result of his actions.

Composed of manganese, nickel, copper, cobalt and other trace minerals, polymetallic nodules hold some of the key ingredients needed to fuel the energy transition.

TMC is sending a team back to NORI-D, the site of last year’s work, as it continues its environmental studies in preparation for commercial mining.