DAILYCALLER (Paris Apodaca) - America Looks Beneath The Waves As Critical Mineral Race Heads Offshore
‘Extraordinary strategic resource’
AMERICANTHINKER - Could Deep-Sea Mining Break China’s Stranglehold On Critical Minerals?
Photo Credit:G.Mannaerts, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons, unaltered. G.Mannaerts, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia By Janet Levy The U.S. must pursue deep-sea mining so that the American economy—and our defense equipment and fighter jets—are no longer dependent on our biggest rival.
NYTIMES (Maxine Joselow) - Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring System
The reversal comes after the Senate passed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday to block the removal of deep-sea monitoring instruments.
NYTIMES (Sachi Kitajima Mulkey) - China Publishes Maps Detailing Minerals on the Ocean Floor
The new deep-sea atlas underscores Beijing’s interest in ocean mining, its military ambitions and its claims to disputed waters.
NPR (Lauren Sommer) - Countries are negotiating rules to mine the deep sea. The U.S. is pushing ahead alone
With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The Trump administration is forging ahead on its own, speeding up environmental review for mining the fragile ecosystem.
NYTIMES (Sachi Kitajima Mulkey) - Can Nations Agree How to Mine the Sea? This Is the Year, She Says.
Leticia Carvalho heads a global authority that’s been struggling to set rules for a decade. President Trump’s aggressive push on ocean mining makes her task more urgent.
NYTIMES (Sachi Kitajima Mulkey) - Japan Ocean-Mining Test Successfully Hauls Up Potentially Valuable Mud
It’s the latest twist in the controversial global race to mine the deep sea for rare-earth elements and other valuable resources.