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

In this week's Current Climate newsletter, Trump has ignited a new fight over seabed mining; America’s only rare-earth mine ...

President Trump signed an order Thursday aimed at making it easier for companies to mine the ocean floor. Scientists and ...

We should have been thinking about the seabed, not so much the cables. When a Chinese research vessel was spotted near ...

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 ...

Dozens of countries have called for a moratorium on seabed mining, and have urged restraint until an international authority ...

The order seeks swift permits for mining nickel, cobalt and other minerals from the sea floor. Critics say it threatens both ocean life and global agreements.

The administration moves to sidestep U.N. body governing the ocean floor and the harvesting of minerals and metals in ...