May 23, 2024
US Congress to fund $2m Pentagon study on deep sea mining
The process, however, will only begin once the annual defense budget is signed into law later this year. The Pentagon has also been commissioned by Congress to provide a roadmap on how the US could source and possibly process critical minerals. In March, Representatives Carol Miller (R., W.Va.) and John Joyce (R., Pa.) introduced a bill to Congress pushing for the development and financing of deep-sea mining in the U.S., while 30 Republican members of Congress had written a letter last year to US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin urging American support for the sector. “This is a big step
