Deep-sea mining (DSM) not only poses significant environmental, social, and economic risks that may have far-reaching ...

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 critical minerals off ...

The US feels otherwise. “Under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act, US companies can apply for exploration licenses ...

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has worked for more than a decade to draw up regulations for a future deep-sea mining industry. Those efforts continued this week as negotiators from ...

Executive order under consideration by the Trump Administration to open up the deep sea to mining would be economic folly and flout international consensus, experts say The US government is ...

In the race for green technology, the deep ocean is the new battleground. Will mining critical minerals ... Scientists warn that disrupting life in the deep sea could worsen the global carbon ...

The industry has already suffered a false start. Norway's parliament had voted massively in favour of deep-sea mining, experts had concluded there were significant resources to be extracted ...

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 ...