The bottom line on deep-sea mining

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The future of DSM will depend on whether anyone can make money doing it

Yet again, a major decision about the future of the planet hinges on profitability.

Yet again, a major decision about the future of the planet hinges on profitability. | Credits: Nomad_Soul via Shutterstock

A decade of debate, dozens of feasibility studies, and hundreds of millions of investor dollars later, the question about whether deep-sea mining is even commercially feasible has no straightforward answer. …

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