Litigation
May 22, 2015
Plan to mine in Pacific Ocean for valuable metals raises environmentalists' hackles
The Center for Biological Diversity has sued the federal government alleging it should take a fresh look at the risks posed by Lockheed Martin Corp.'s plan to pull copper and other materials from the seabed miles under water.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Miles below the waves, at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, sit caches of precious
metals and rare earth elements that until recently were considered too difficult and
expensive to mine. But recent technological gains coupled with a growing demand from
mobile phone makers and others for those resources, mean companies around the world
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