4 Apr 2018 The U.S. EEZ is larger than its land area. USGS studies of deep ocean mineral deposits began in the 1970s. technologies, such as wind turbines and electric cars, require large quantities of rare and expensive metals.
gations have shown it to contain innumerable mineral deposits total amount of copper now known to be economically available in continental deposits. slow, the ocean is acting on a significant scale because of its immense size to.
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21 Feb 2017 Is the deep sea the next frontier for mining or a search for fool's gold? They're vital to manufacturing high-tech devices and don't have ready substitutes. the zone to net the amount of copper found in a typical mine on land.
27 Apr 2017 Rich deposits of materials have sparked a modern day gold rush. that contain high amounts of valuable metals like copper and nickel.
17 Oct 2014 Along with the gold, there's manganese, copper and rare earth Deep-sea mining is extremely expensive and extremely difficult. The bulk of the licenses are for a zone in the Pacific Ocean the size of the United States.