The U.S. takes a step toward allowing mining on the ocean floor, a fragile ecosystem
Nodules containing valuable metals can be found scattered across the seabed in some parts of the ocean. Here, manganese nodules found off the Southeastern U.S.…
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The world has no rulebook for deep-sea mining. One company is pushing forward anyway
Negotiators are hammering out rules to govern mining on the ocean floor, where critical metals are found in deposits called polymetallic nodules. Here, ferromanganese nodules…
Forget about rare earth minerals. We need more copper
Employees of the Codelco’s Chuquicamata copper mine work in Calama in Chile’s Antofagasta province, on April 11, 2023. Glenn Arcos/AFP via Getty Images hide caption…