Aqua Metals announces MOU with MOBY Robotics

Aqua Metals (AQMS) announced a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, with MOBY Robotics to advance early leadership in sustainable refining of deep-sea polymetallic nodules. The collaborative framework intends to utilize Aqua Metals’ low-temperature AquaRefining process to refine nodules containing nickel, cobalt, manganese, and rare earths to advance domestic solutions for critical mineral independence. Under the MOU, Aqua Metals and MOBY Robotics will collaborate to evaluate the technical and commercial feasibility of producing battery-grade materials from polymetallic deep-sea nodules. Aqua Metals plans to begin bench-scale testing later this year to adapt its process for this new feedstock.