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Deep sea mining: Into the deep | 60 Minutes Archive

2024-03-22 News & Politics
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Rare earth elements and metals used to make cellphones, supercomputers and more are sitting on the ocean floor, ready to be mined by multiple countries. In 2019, Bill Whitaker reported on the promise of deep sea 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]

Top Comments (10)

@smashtactix 2024-03-24

"Oh no, we are not mining, We are harvesting.!"

99 11 replies
@GamerplayerWT 2024-03-23

“Spice harvester.” - Dune

94 3 replies
@guyhaydu364 2024-03-28

So they're basically mining the sea filters of all the trash metals, now that's going to change the pH level or something.

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@Millenial_Trucker 2024-03-22

"we took a leap of faith" *casually climbs 1 single step*

81 4 replies
@jonnymoka 2024-03-30

I sure hope our battery tech is 100 times more advanced in 50 years

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@MarkCosgrove-b3p 2024-03-23

How many unknown habitat's are going to be destroyed?

221 37 replies
@madisonvillavert745 2024-03-24

Its make me laugh when the CEO said that they are doing this so called harvesting to save planet earth.

144 12 replies
@Xanrax 2024-03-28

Why is 60mins Australia so much more awesome than it is in America.

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@JC-sc9rx 2025-02-01

I like when the show host/ reporter calling out that " environmentalist " on his bs. Best part of the show.

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@andrewnikora2263 2024-03-29

They use to say this about Fossil Fuels and what do we do with the Waste Batteries will likeley leave behind

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