Pacific Islands remain divided on deep-sea mining as trial begins to extract precious metals from ocean floor
2022-09-16 Electric robots will soon be crawling along the sea floor and sucking up precious metals through a giant straw in a controversial trial to mine some of the ocean’s deepest, most pristine environments. Key points: Mining companies want to dig into the ocean floor to collect metals that can be used in the production of […]
How feasible is space mining? Geologist answers – Kendra Johnston
Kendra Johnston is the president and CEO of the Association for Mineral Exploration’s (AME), AME’s annual Roundup Conference took place in early February 2022. Johnston discusses with David Lin, anchor for Kitco News the top trends in the mining and resource sector, as well as the practicality of deep sea mining and space mining. Follow […]