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There are little bits of rare minerals in every tech gadget.

Mining companies want to harvest more from the

bottom of the ocean. From American Public Media, this is Marketplace Tech. I'm Novosafo. The International Energy Agency projects the global market value of critical minerals

could reach almost $800 billion by 2040.

That's because we must have them for the electrified future.

And right now, China is a dominant supplier.

The Trump administration wants to diversify, and it's looking

to international waters where there's lots of these minerals strewn about on the ocean floor.

Marketplace contributor Daniel Ackerman has been reporting on the deep sea mining companies

that are working to figure out how to harvest an unforgiving terrain. Most of the mining companies are

interested in these strange, roundish rocks called polymetallic nodules. They're really rich in some

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