Underwater Mining
Number of square miles of seabed in international waters that were under contract for mining operations in 2000: 0 That are today: 463,323
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SEABED MINING
Fifteen years ago, there was little resource exploitation on the ocean floor. Now 460,000 sq. mi. (1.2 million sq km) of sea bottom is under contract to mining operations.
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