Washington, April 24, 2025 (AFP) - Trump signs order to ramp up US deep-sea mining

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to expand US deep-sea mining for rare earth minerals in domestic and international waters, despite warnings by environmental groups. White House aides say the initiative could see US operations scoop up more than a billion metric tons of deep-sea nodules and pump hundreds of billions of dollars into the American economy. The fast-tracking also flies in the face of a decade-long internation......

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