US President Donald Trump signed a decree aimed at simplifying the company to dig a deep sea. In a statement on Thursday, the US leader said that this decree would create a “strong local supply for critical minerals”.
On a commercial scale, there is no commercial mining of marine work on a commercial scale. Nevertheless, companies have long considered the ocean base as a possible source of metals, such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and copper.
These minerals are the main components used in batteries of electric vehicles and other technological products.
These minerals can be found in nodules of potatoes lying on the ocean base. Most of the knots are located in the center of the Pacific Ocean, outside the legal territory of countries.
On the other hand, on Thursday the decision may encounter international negotiations on the regulation of deep sea production.
These regions are traditionally controlled by the international power of the marine base (ISA). For many years, ISA held negotiations to create a guide to manage the military -marine base industry, which will appear in the future.
Nevertheless, the United States did not approve of the proposed agreement and are not a member of the ISA with the right to vote. Nevertheless, in the past, he respected the process of Jesus under previous administrations.
Scientists and environmental groups condemned the decree, arguing that the opening of a deep -sea base for mining can violate the sea ecosystems and harm the fishing sector.
“This process is scheduled for the most insurmountable ecosystems on the planet,” said Douglas McColi, professor of the Ocean Science at the University of California at Santa Barbar.
“Biological consequences in the nature of disaster.”