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Ocean floor riches spark race for seabed mining
Nodules rich in manganese copper nickel and cobalt lie on the deep ocean floor outside national shores. Industry nets hundreds of millions in prospecting while nations seek leases and legal frameworks to govern a potential trillions of dollars in metals. International talks aim to craft binding seabed mining law as tech and economics advance.
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U.S
National Science Foundation
United Nations
HMS Challenger
Pacific Ocean
Tahiti
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
International Geophysical Year
John L. Mero
Ocean Resources, Inc
Mero
Samoa
Soviet Union
World Bank
NSF International
U.S. Department of State
Nordquist
United States
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