“That was very, very uplifting,” Kahoʻohalahala said. But no sooner had Kahoʻohalahala departed Jamaica than he’d heard the news: The Metals Company, a Canadian seabed mining company, announced it is ...

Trump's deep-sea mining order is likely to stipulate that the U.S. aims to exercise its rights to extract critical minerals ...

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 ...

Several countries united with campaign groups Monday to call for caution in regulating the divisive practice of deep-sea mining at a meeting on the issue in Jamaica. Members of the International ...

A deep-sea mining company is turning to President Donald Trump to help it extract battery materials. The company that has pushed to open up the deep sea for mining is cozying up to the Trump ...

A British company holding two Pacific Ocean exploration licences is up for sale after its Norwegian parent went bankrupt ...

As the ISA begins two weeks of talks in Jamaica, global stakeholders are divided on how to regulate deep-sea mining while ...

Delegations from 36 countries are attending a council meeting of the U.N.'s International Seabed Authority in Kingston, Jamaica this week to decide whether mining companies should be allowed to ...

Polymetallic nodules grow with the help of microbes over millions of years around a kernel of organic matter, such as a shark's tooth or the ear-bone of a whale Deep-sea mining Activists rallied ...

Activists rallied against deep sea mining outside the European Parliament ... practice of deep-sea mining at a meeting on the issue in Jamaica. Members of the International Seabed Authority ...