Vancouver-based deep-sea mining company explains waste-dumping video released by Greenpeace

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While the concept of deep-sea mining has been around for decades, the rise of electric vehicles and the need for precious metals to build their batteries has led to renewed interest. Environmental groups are opposed because of the damage to the sea-floor and death to the aquatic life that lives there, and especially the impact of the plumes of sediment that are created as the mining machines move across the floor bed.

It was during these tests – conducted last September, October and November – that someone filmed the discharge of mining waste from the drill ship Hidden Gem.Article content

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