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Deep-sea mining is moving closer to becoming a reality. Ailbhe Goodbody examines the current stat...

Ailbhe Goodbody

Shallow submarine mining (up to 150m in depth) already exists in some coastal areas, for example diamond mining in Namibia and tin mining in Indonesia. The newer challenge is to move mining operations...

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