China has developed a compact deep-sea device capable of cutting armoured undersea cables at depths of 4,000 metres — twice ...

The device integrates seamlessly with China's advanced crewed and uncrewed submersibles, such as the Fendouzhe and Haidou ...

As companies seek to extract critical minerals used in electric vehicle batteries and other green technologies from the deep ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners—and huge numbers ...

China has publicly disclosed its development of a compact, powerful deep-sea cable cutter capable of severing communication ...

China’s deep-sea mining deal with the Cook Islands raises the stakes in critical mineral competition, with the United States at risk of falling behind. In February, the Cook Islands announced a key ...

The Metals Company is being accused by environmental groups of changing its corporate branding from fueling the green ...

Scientists have scooped up sediment in box cores dropped from ships and deployed remote vehicles to take pictures and collect ...

The company at the vanguard of plans to mine deep sea metals used in electric vehicle batteries has surrendered a third ... A ...

Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by "sound science" and built on consensus, the head of the ...

China’s deep-sea mining deal with the Cook Islands raises ... Over the past decade, technological advances in robotics, underwater vehicles, exploration data science, and materials processing ...