It’s not every day that small, remote islands emerge as geopolitical inflection points. And yet places like American Samoa, Cook Islands and others are doing just that as they set precedent and lead development in deep-sea mining. They can’t do it alone, of course. Just last week, the U.S. Department of the Interior took the […]
The Coming Competition in Deep-Sea Mining
Getting in on the ground floor will allow countries to set the terms in the future.
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