Mineral Resources from the Ocean
The most important of these deposits contain gold, tin, titanium, and diamonds. Today, much of the world''s tin and many of the gem diamonds are recovered by dredging near-shore ocean sediments
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Wyman-Gordon Company
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Oregon Metallurgical Corporation
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Titanium
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