Holt, one of Magellan’s offshore managers, said the aim was to test the physical requirements and environmental impacts of pulling up sulfide deposits. What would soon become unclear, however, was why ...

A deep-sea mining company is turning to President Donald Trump to help it extract battery materials. The company that has ...

Proponents of deep-sea mining like Barron emphasize that seabed mining would supply cobalt, manganese and other critical ...

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a Canadian startup says it will move ahead, whether or not rules are in ...

The US feels otherwise. “Under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act, US companies can apply for exploration licenses ...

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far ... For its part, TMC intends to have large vessels out at sea deploying collector vehicles down to abyssal depths of 2.5-3.75 miles (4-6 km) in ...

This is the midwater zone, a hidden ecosystem that begins 650 feet below the ocean surface and sustains life across our ...

The push for clean energy is driving interest in deep-sea mining, a controversial method of extracting critical metals from the ocean floor. These polymetallic nodules contain key ingredients for ...

The Trump administration is drafting an executive order to enable the stockpiling of deep-sea metals to counter China's ...

Campaigner says The Metals Company's loss of a third of its exploration area is sign of a stuttering industry.