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Should the Cobalt for EVs Come From the Congo or the Seafloor?

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But it won’t simply dangle over the seafloor, hoovering up nodules like a giant underwater vacuum cleaner. “At That assumes that the company continues to receive the needed permits from the International Seabed Authority , which has jurisdiction in these waters. This vehicle is some 12 meters long and weighs 80 tonnes in air.

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