Rare Earth Elements, Deep Sea Mining and Ultra Deep Mining | 60 Minutes Full Episodes

From 2015, Lesley Stahl's investigation into whether there is a danger posed by Chinese control of the rare earth element mining industry. From 2019, Bill Whitaker's look at the lucrative world of deep-sea ocean floor mining. From 2024, Whitaker's report on the consequences of the U.S. Senate's logjam over ratifying the U.N.'s Law of the Sea. And from 2018, Whittaker's visit to South Africa to see how scientists are looking for living organisms deep within the earth. #news #earth #mining "60 Minutes" is the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast began in 1968 and is still a hit, over 50 seasons later, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10. Subscribe to the "60 Minutes" YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/60minutes Watch full episodes: https://cbsn.ws/1Qkjo1F Get more "60 Minutes" from "60 Minutes: Overtime": https://cbsnews.com/60-minutes/overtime/ Follow "60 Minutes" on Instagram: https://instagram.com/60minutes/ Like "60 Minutes" on Facebook:https://facebook.com/60minutes Follow "60 Minutes" on Twitter: https://twitter.com/60Minutes Subscribe to our newsletter: https://cbsnews.com/newsletters/ Download the CBS News app: https://cbsnews.com/mobile/ Try Paramount+ free: https://paramountplus.com/?ftag=PPM-05-10aeh8h For video licensing inquiries, contact: [email protected] 0:00 Intro 0:11 Rare Earth Elements 13:12 Into the Deep 26:27 Law of the Sea 39:25 Ultra Deep