Why might the U.S. be interested in deep-sea mining, and what are the environmental risks? Here's what you need to know.

Deep-sea mining (DSM) not only poses significant environmental, social, and economic risks that may have far-reaching ...

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up ...

At least one company has found a work-around to international opposition to deep-sea mining: The Trump administration.

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

NEW DELHI – A new study has found that deep-sea mining conducted more than 40 years ... raising concerns over its lasting environmental impact. Researchers from Britain’s National Oceanography ...

Impossible Metals, a pioneering US-based deep-sea mining company, has submitted a request to commence a leasing process for ...

Gerard Barron, CEO of The Metals Company, said that the company believes they have enough knowledge to manage environmental ...

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An Oslo court in February rejected a legal challenge by the conservation organisation WWF, which accused the state of opening ...