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

There is growing alarm over climate and ecological risks of deep-sea mining, even as companies like Impossible Metals develops a mining robot intended to work on the seabed of the Pacific.

Four kilometers below the ocean surface lie vast fields of metal-rich nodules that could power millions of electric vehicles. Deep sea mining promises to ease the supply chain crisis for critical ...

The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. On ...

President Trump signed an executive order to boost the U.S. deep-sea mining industry for critical minerals. Supporters say deep-sea mining could boost the U.S. economy and reduce reliance on land ...

There is currently no commercial deep-sea mining happening anywhere in the world, though companies have been pushing for years. They appear to have found a new champion in Trump.

What makes The Metals Company (TMC), a little-known company that isn't even making any money, a threat to the ocean, ...

Mining and mineral resources have always been a lightning rod for economic and political power, and the modern era is no different – 2025 has seen ...

Deep-sea operations proposed by a Vancouver-based mining company could cause harm to a wide variety of species in the Pacific ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

TOKYO — Japan will starting January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of its ...