For the US, Deep-Sea Mining Is a Matter of Urgency

Washington is devising a strategy that will impinge on several geopolitical dynamics.

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Outside the clamor of tariffs, the negotiations over Ukraine and various institutional reforms, the U.S. government has been devising new ways to strengthen its security and autonomy of critical minerals supplies – a process to which deep-sea mining is a necessary adjunct. It’s a long-term project, the success of which will be determined by the […]

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