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60 Minutes S52 E8 | A trillion-dollar treasure on the ocean floor

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U.S. on sidelines in race for trove of metals sitting on ocean floor

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Rare earth elements and metals used in cellphones, supercomputers and more are sitting on the ocean floor, ready to be mined by multiple countries. So why is the U.S. on the sidelines? Bill Whitaker reports. Air Date: Nov 17, 2019
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