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

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

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

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

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to help foster exploration, extraction, and processing of minerals from the seabed.

An executive order will unleash a global oceanbed mining boom ...

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

Companies are preparing to move forward with seabed mining, but a method for gathering critical minerals from the seafloor ...

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 ...

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 ...

In late March, The Metals Company, a Canadian deep-sea mining firm, announced that it would seek approval from US agencies to extract critical minerals in areas of the ocean floor that are beyond ...

A handful of firms are waiting for Norway to issue the first deep sea mining licenses. File photo of deep-sea mining protestors. Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard/ AFP Companies are raring to explore the ...