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Deep-sea mining for critical minerals has become a global flashpoint. Here is how it works

A push to extract minerals from the depths of the Pacific Ocean is gaining momentum. Here is how it works and why it has ...
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American Samoa says no to deep-sea mining. The Trump administration might do it anyway.

President Donald Trump had issued an executive order to jump-start the nascent deep-sea mining industry three months earlier.

Bahrain bets on Pacific deep-sea mining

Bahrain is the first country in the region to sponsor such a permit, which will target metals used in electric vehicles and ...

Bahrain sponsors deep-sea mining firm Impossible Metals for international permit

Bahrain has sponsored deep-sea mining firm Impossible Metals' application for a mining permit with the International Seabed Authority, becoming the first Middle Eastern country to support the ...
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Three new species of snailfish discovered in the deep Pacific Ocean

Scientists have identified the bumpy snailfish and two other new deep-sea species, discovered during MBARI dives in Monterey ...

Aqua Metals and Impossible Metals Sign MOU to Advance Sustainable U.S. Critical Minerals Supply Chain

Partnership Would Combine Responsible Seabed Mining and Domestic Refining to Strengthen America’s Critical Mineral ...
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New Deep-Sea Snailfish Found Off California Coast

Scientists found the adorable bumpy snailfish off California at 10,000 feet deep. Learn about this pink deep-sea wonder and ...

Silicon Valley wanted to build floating libertarian paradises on the ocean. The plan failed — but now seasteading is back

They promised utopian paradises, unshackled by governments and buoyed by tech. What they built instead was a costly illusion.

Seasteading is making a comeback — but these utopian paradises on the high seas have a history of failure

They promised utopian paradises, unshackled by governments and buoyed by tech. What they built instead was a costly illusion.