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The demand for precious metals and minerals is rising to cope with the production of computers and mobile phones and other things like batteries for electric cars. This search for new sources of these materials is becoming more and more critical. Now this rising demand is prompting a quest to exploit the potentially rich resources at the bottom of the world's oceans. Image © EPA/NIC BOTHMA