Known to battery makers as manganese nodules, they can pack an incredible volume of ... Now 44 years old, this patch of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) – hot property in the deep-sea mining industry ...

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up ...

A deep-sea mining company is turning to President Donald Trump to help it extract battery materials. The company that has ...

Here, manganese nodules found off the Southeastern U.S. in 2019. Hundreds of researchers have called for a pause on deep-sea mining until scientists learn more, which could take years. Some ...

The nodules are rich in metals such as nickel, cobalt and manganese – key ingredients for ... However, plans for full-scale commercial mining are rapidly advancing. Exploratory deep-sea mining began ...

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 ...

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 ...

IN the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners, and huge numbers ...

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has worked for more than a decade to draw up regulations for a future deep-sea ... Those nodules have tempted would-be miners for decades. Mining firms ...

The nodules are rich in metals such as nickel, cobalt and manganese—key ingredients ... plans for full-scale commercial mining are rapidly advancing. Exploratory deep-sea mining began in the ...

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has worked for more than a decade to draw up regulations for a future deep-sea ... Those nodules have tempted would-be miners for decades. Mining firms ...

Deep-sea mining research and experiments ... of a few millimeters per million years. The nodules are rich in metals such as nickel, cobalt and manganese – key ingredients for batteries ...