On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to permit, for the first time, industrial mining of the ...

Some deep-sea ... areas like the Azores and the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, the mineral rich stretch of international waters in the Pacific Ocean that’s the focus of deep-sea mining interests.

The crew was testing the feasibility of mining seafloor deposits full of copper and some gold. It was probably the closest thing in the world to an operational deep-sea mining site. And the more I ...

The rapid increase in deep-sea mining exploration ... The sediment plume, which spreads resuspended material beyond the direct mining tracks, does not show clear visual distinctions from control ...

there is a massive sediment plume that contaminates the water column,” Pitta e Cunha explains, “affecting 20% of the protein consumed by humans worldwide.” Whether Portugal’s decision to ban deep-sea ...

The prohibition of Deep-Sea Mining (DSM) in Portuguese territorial waters for 25 ... the continental shelf of which extends well beyond the Azores archipelago. This final confirmation of legislation, ...

In the space of one year, there has arisen an astonishing change in these circumstances: Researchers funded by the U.S. Department of Energy have quintupled their estimate of lithium contained in the ...

President Trump signed an executive order to boost the U.S. deep-sea mining industry for critical minerals. Supporters say ...

Mining of these rock-like nodules was the topic of discussion of experts and industry representatives gathered in Tempe on ...

California-based company Impossible Metals asked the Trump administration earlier this month to auction off mining leases for ...

Environmental groups are decrying an executive order signed by President Donald Trump to expedite deep-sea mining for minerals.