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May 21, 2026
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Trump’s push for deep-sea mining spawns new companies and fast-tracked rules - BNN Bloomberg
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0.391 · RIGHT
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0.196 · CENTER
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Article Excerpt
WASHINGTON — In the year since U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order promising to create a deep-sea mining industry from scratch, businesses have raised millions of dollars from investors, stock prices have soared and federal regulators have raced to fast-track a permitting process.
At least nine companies are in talks with the government for access to seabed minerals, according to an Associated Press review. Sections of the seafloor from American Samoa to Alaska could be auctioned for offshore mining this summer and through the fall.
All the action suggests the U.S. may soon…
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