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"Deep-Sea Mining for Rare-Earth Metals Looms, as Do Environmental Questions" — Adam Allington and Stephen Lee — Bloomberg — September 28, 2018
Once thought too expensive and too difficult, commercial scale mining of the deep sea is poised to become a reality as early as 2019. But scientists warn reaching rare minerals on and under the sea floor could cause irreversible damage to an environment that is still poorly understood.
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