Abstract:A battery in a rock». So goes the slogan of Nautilus Minerals, one of the companies currently most active in the deep-sea mining (DSM) sector. Today, the extraction of minerals from the seabed is increasingly seen as the new frontier in the push to transition to a «low-carbon economy» that requires larger quantities of metals. The mainstream narrative behind what is broadly termed "just transition" is that technology will save the world 2 . As Donna Haraway argues this apocalyptic mood is characterized by a «c… Show more
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