Mining Industry News 19 December 2025 - 22 December 2025

Dec. 22, 2025 — TMC stock (TMC the metals company Inc., NASDAQ:TMC) is back in the spotlight after a burst of options-driven momentum collided with a very real regulatory calendar: the U.S. government has now formally moved forward with public-comment steps tied to TMC USA’s deep seabed mining exploration license applications, setting up a catalyst-heavy start to 2026. Federal Register Public Inspection+2Federal Register Public Inspection+2 Shares were last trading around $7.9, after a sharp late-week move that multiple analysts attributed less to new fundamentals and more to derivatives flow, short positioning, and headline sensitivity around the “critical minerals” policy narrative.

December 19, 2025 — Shares of TMC the metals company Inc. (NASDAQ: TMC) are back in the spotlight after another sharp move higher, extending what has already been a headline-grabbing year for one of the market’s most polarizing “critical minerals” stories: deep-sea mining. As of mid-day on Dec. 19, TMC stock traded around the mid-$7 range and was up roughly ~10% on the session, after opening near $7.00 and hitting an intraday high near $7.70. The Motley Fool That price action is the easy part. The harder — and far more important — question for investors is why TMC keeps