Long dismissed as too expensive or impractical, mining the sea floor for metals is gaining a new foothold. Mark Schrope reports on two companies hoping to take the plunge.
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Digging deep. Nature 447, 246–247 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/447246a
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