Should deep-sea minerals be part of battery supply chains?

Apr 13, 2022

A new paper on supply chains identifies knowledge and stakeholder participation gaps that will impede decision-making on stewardship of deep-sea minerals Image: Craig Smith and Diva Amon, ABYSSLINE Project.

Winnie Yeh

Lead, Responsible Sourcing, World Economic Forum Geneva

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Figure 1 shows a range of potential effects of extracting deep-sea minerals. Source: World Economic Forum report 'Decision-Making on Deep-Sea Mineral Stewardship: A Supply Chain Perspective'.

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