The Metals Company courts Trump for deep-sea mining contract

It wants to collect so-called polymetallic nodules -- mineral deposits made up of multiple metals -- on the Pacific Ocean floor. TMC originally planned to apply for a contract with the International Seabed Authority (ISA) -- the organization with jurisdiction over the seabed in international waters -- in June. The company's subsidiaries had spent years using contracts awarded by the ISA to explore parts of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a section of the Pacific Ocean rich with these nodules. The...