In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

Workers disembark from a research vessel that returned from the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean, where soil, water, and wildlife samples were obtained ... that would govern any potential ...

A US firm says it has launched a bid for deep-sea mining in the waters off a remote Pacific island, urging regulators to greenlight its foray into the contentious emerging industry. The United ...

Nations are currently negotiating a “road map” that would govern any potential deep-sea mining in international ... Specific types of mining might have different impacts. Destroying hydrothermal vents ...

Workers disembark from a research vessel that returned from the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean, where soil, water, and wildlife samples ... any potential deep-sea mining in ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 15, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Impossible Metals, a pioneering US-based deep-sea mining company, has submitted a request to commence a leasing process for exploration and ...

NEW DELHI – A new study has found that deep-sea mining conducted more than 40 years ago in the Pacific Ocean continues to affect marine ecosystems, raising concerns over its lasting ...

Market prices for minerals and metals sought from the deep sea have sharply declined in recent years, driven by global oversupplies from conventional mining and battery innovations. This could be ...

Photograph: Sanjay Sharma/ANI Photo On March 4, 2025, the Kerala assembly passed a resolution urging the central government to withdraw its decision allowing deep sea mining off the state's coast.

(Reuters) - Deep-sea mining firm Impossible Metals said on Tuesday that it has asked U.S. federal officials to launch a commercial auction for access to deposits of nickel, cobalt and other ...

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