Ocean Mineral Mining Hits Headwinds in Virginia, Faces Transparency Calls in Pacific
Efforts to extract minerals from the ocean floor, pushed by the Trump administration, are attracting interest from mining companies while drawing strong opposition from fishing, shipping, and tourism interests across the country.
On August 22, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management closed a two-month public comment period on potential lease sales in a 2,764-square-mile region off Virginia. The area contains heavy mineral sands that could hold rare earth-bearing minerals, zircon, and titanium, according to the US Geological Survey...
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