Mastodawn

#Mining the deep #ocean
Policymakers debate if we even need deep ocean mining and if we can do it safely.
More than 13,000ft below the surface of #Pacific Ocean, a more-than-70-ton machine trundled like a tank on its caterpillar tracks for a tenth of a mile—sucking up potato-sized nodules of rock packed with #copper, #manganese, #cobalt, and #nickel. It was 2022, and that pilot run of a subsea harvester by a Canadian business, The #MetalsCompany, was pronounced a success.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/mining-the-deep-ocean/

Mining the deep ocean

Policymakers debate if we even need deep ocean mining and if we can do it safely.

Ars Technica

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Dec 23

#US Takes a Step Toward Approving #SeabedMining in International Waters
The federal government said it would hold hearings next month on controversial applications to #mine the #ocean floor.
The federal government said it was formally considering the first permit applications from the #MetalsCompany, which has become a forerunner in the race to mine the deep ocean for precious #minerals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/climate/seabed-mining-trump-metals-company-permit-noaa.html
https://archive.ph/ZJpdZ
#SeaFloorMining #DeepSeaMining

U.S. Takes a Step Toward Approving Seabed Mining in International Waters

The federal government said it would hold hearings next month on controversial applications to mine the ocean floor.

The New York Times