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The US plans to auction off sections of water around American Samoa in a push for deep-sea mining

17 July 2026 · By · Wire by Fusion42

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17 July 2026

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The US government is auctioning deep-sea mining rights in waters around American Samoa, marking a regulatory shift towards commercial extraction of seafloor minerals. This move opens a new resource frontier whilst raising environmental and geopolitical questions about ocean governance.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Climate Tech.

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If you're building the subsea hardware, processing tech, or environmental monitoring for deep-sea mining, the US just created a buyer: bidders now need operational capability to work in contested US waters inside eighteen months. The auction timeline and lease terms will set what vendors need to build.

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