Company received a major boost in April when Trump issued an executive order asserting America’s right to mine beneath the ...

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 ...

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

An underwater volcano near Tonga revealed how sediment spreads, disrupts marine life, and raises questions about deep-sea ...

The U.S. legal framework, the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (DSHMRA), although enacted nearly 40 years ago, has ...

The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) recently announced rule changes that would accelerate deep-sea mining in ...

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) meets next week to continue debating rules for ocean floor mining in international ...

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 mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

Key points The deep sea is one of Earth's most fragile and least understood environments.A group of scientists led by CSIRO ...

Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of its kind, the ...