US Takes Another Step Toward Opening the Seabed for Mining
The Interior Department said it would review a new proposal for operations off the coast of American Samoa.
Commercial mining on the miles-deep Pacific Ocean floor came one step closer to reality with an announcement late Tuesday by the U.S. Interior Department that it would evaluate a request from a California-based company to extract metals off the coast of American Samoa.
The move follows an executive order last month that urged government agencies to expedite permits for seabed mining in U.S. territorial waters as well as international waters...
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