Trump signs order to ramp up US deep-sea mining

<p>Washington, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th Apr, 2025) President Donald Trump has defied international norms on the nascent field of deep-sea mining, signing an executive order Thursday expanding the practice for rare earth minerals in domestic and international waters.</p><p> White House aides say the initiative could see US operations scoop up more than a billion metric tons of mineral-rich deep-sea nodules, and pump hundreds of billions of dollars into the A