President Donald Trump is trying to fast track a brand new, highly controversial industry – mining critical minerals in the deep sea.

Donald Trump has signed a controversial executive order aimed at stepping up deep-sea mining within US and in international waters.Thursday's order is the latest issued by the US president to try to increase America's access to minerals used by the aerospace,

Talks to develop rules for deep-sea mining are still ongoing through the International Seabed Authority (ISA), a process that missed an initial 2023 deadline and has continued to stymie efforts to start commercially mining the deep sea.