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

In February, the Cook Islands announced a key deal with China: a five-year agreement on deep sea exploration of marine ... and falling rapidly behind. On land, Chinese mineral dominance is all ...

The underwater survey used low-cost deep-sea cameras developed by the National Geographic Society Exploration Technology Lab ...

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 ...

Trump's deep-sea mining order is likely to stipulate that the U.S. aims to exercise its rights to extract critical minerals ...

Most of what’s known about the deep-sea painted swellshark, was learned when researchers found specimens in the fish markets ...