Korea Zinc Backs Trump Plan for Deep Sea Mining
The world's largest zinc smelter is taking a stake in a deep-sea mining company as it seeks to diversify its sources of metals away from China.
Korea Zinc is making an equity investment of $85.2 million in Canadian startup The Metals Company, which aims to harvest minerals from the deep ocean. The investment represents a 5% stake in TMC.
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