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The future of deep-sea mining may now be in US hands

TMC is sidestepping the ISA, in what some call a "breach of customary international law"

Munira Rajkotwalla
A new study casts fresh doubt on the industry’s environmental claims, while push for permitting continues.

A new study casts fresh doubt on the industry’s environmental claims, while push for permitting continues. | Credits: Rich Carey via Shutterstock

The Metals Company (TMC) has announced plans to bypass the 'slow-moving' International Seabed Authority (ISA) and apply for commercial mining permits under the United States' Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources...

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