A new way to meet the growing demand for minerals critical to electric vehicle, electronics and battery manufacturers could become commercially available within this decade, says the World Economic Forum (WEF). It notes that significant public and private investment have gone into investigating ways to extract cobalt, nickel, lithium and other minerals from the deep seabed; however, more than 80 nongovernmental organisations have voiced concerns about the dangers of commercial extraction in the ocean.
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