If the U.S. wants to secure critical minerals it should invest in mining and processing facilities on home soil rather than ...

Commercial mining on the miles-deep Pacific Ocean floor came one step closer to reality with an announcement late Tuesday by ...

The Trump administration is taking a step toward potentially allowing companies to trawl for minerals under the ocean floor ...

The Trump administration says it will consider selling leases to extract minerals from the seabed off the South Pacific ...

Thousands of feet below sea level, the creatures that live in the deep sea survive without direct sunlight, plants or the ...

Impossible Metals, a deep-sea mining startup, submitted a formal request to the Department of the Interior to sell leases to ...

On April 24, President Trump signed an executive order promoting deep-sea mining in the US and international waters, touting ...

This week’s episode features Gerard Barron, executive chairman and CEO of The Metals Company, in conversation with host ...

Explorers know that the Earth’s oceans are vast, covering about 71% of the surface of the globe. According to a new study, ...

Despite the deep ocean floor coating some 66% of our planet's surface, we haven't explored 99.999% of it, study finds.

“Mining the ocean floor will damage fragile habitat and unique critters we haven’t even discovered yet. Island communities depend on healthy oceans and declaring open season on mineral ...