The race for deep sea resources has begun.

The immense demand for metals such as nickel, cobalt and copper for electromobility and alternative energysources has so far largely been met in the Global South - in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

But these deposits aren’t enough. Attention is now turning to the oceans. Here, it’s thought that vast deposits of the metals exist below the seabed. A geopolitical race has begun between states to exploit these resources.

And that's not all: extraction of the metals threatens to cause major ecological damage.

 

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