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

At least one company has found a work-around to international opposition to deep-sea mining: The Trump administration.

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a ...

Diplomats from more than 30 nations have criticized a proposal that could allow the start of seabed mining by 2027.

Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet—where creatures glow and life survives under crushing ...

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

Portugal has officially become the first country in the world to ban deep-sea mining in its waters, earning widespread praise ...

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, companies are telling regulators they plan to move ahead, whether or not ...

A Vancouver-based mining company is looking to sidestep the international agency charged with regulating mining in international waters after lengthy negotiations it says have gone nowhere.

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows.