U.S. District Judge Eric Komitee dismissed the lawsuit against TMC The Metals Co. on Friday, finding that the company hadn’t ...

The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

With the backing of the US government, a Canadian company is poised to sidestep UN laws and start vacuuming what it deems ...

Deep-sea mining is promoted as a solution for the energy transition and wealth for developing nations. However, evidence ...

Just to be clear, deep-sea mining is not a new proposition, but it is one steeped in contention. In 2019, Mining Technology reported on mounting international concern surrounding proposals to mine ...

Any country can allow deep-sea mining in its own territorial waters, roughly up to 200 nautical miles from shore, and companies are already lining up to mine U.S. waters.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to promote mining of the deep-sea floor, a controversial way to get critical minerals that are used in a wide range of electronics and ...

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

In the early 2020s, deep-seafloor mining was advertised as a source of key metals for electric vehicle (EV) batteries. However, battery technology has moved dramatically forward with new ...

Humans know very little about the deep sea. That may not stop us from mining it With a newly elected leader, the International Seabed Authority must decide the future of more than half of the wor ...

Deep sea mining may soon begin as The Metals Company pushes to extract battery minerals from the ocean floor—despite environmental concerns and legal hurdles.

Deep-sea mining “is not ready for prime time,” Monica Medina, assistant secretary of State for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs, told me two years ago.