The United States, which is not a signatory to the UN convention or an ISA member, disrupted the painstaking process this ...

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

Four kilometers below the ocean surface lie vast fields of metal-rich nodules that could power millions of electric vehicles. Deep sea mining promises to ease the supply chain crisis for critical ...

The U.S. legal framework, the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (DSHMRA), although enacted nearly 40 years ago, has ...

The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote ...

The Trump administration is considering a first-of-its kind mining project at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. But deep-sea mining has raised major environmental questions.

On April 24, President Trump signed an executive order promoting deep-sea mining in the US and international waters, touting the industry’s potential to boost the country’s economic growth and ...

On April 24, President Trump signed an executive order promoting deep sea mining in U.S. and international waters, touting the industry’s potential to boost the country’s economic growth and ...

Deep-sea mining is the extraction of minerals — mainly polymetallic nodules rich in cobalt, nickel, and manganese — that lie on the seabed at about 4,000 metres below sea-level.

Deep-sea mining equipment being deployed by The Metals Company during a test expedition. The company hopes to extract nodules of critical minerals from the seabed.

Deep-sea mining targets resources such as potato-sized polymetallic nodules from depths of 4,000 to 6,000 metres. The nodules contain critical materials, including manganese, iron, cobalt, copper ...