Trump signs order to expand US deep-sea mining

Le Monde

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President Trump signed an executive order Thursday that aims to jump-start mining on the ocean floor.
The Hill
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Parts of the Pacific Ocean and elsewhere are estimated to contain large amounts of potato-shaped rocks known as polymetallic nodules filled with the building blocks for electric vehicles and electronics.
Guardian
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Trump will sign an executive order Thursday directing the secretaries of Interior and Commerce to speed up the exploration and permitting for deep sea mining off the US Outer Continental Shelf.
CNN
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Trump has taken several steps already to boost domestic production of critical minerals and combat China's dominance of the industry that supplies the raw materials needed for a wide range of modern technologies and industries, especially those related to clean energy and defense.
The Gazette

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