Rules for the emerging deep-sea mining sector should take a "precautionary approach" that protects the environment, the head ...

Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by "sound science" and built on consensus, the head of the ...

New Zealand wants to increase renewable electricity projects such as wind and solar to reduce thermal generation.

Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...

Such metals are sought-after for use in renewable energy devices and batteries, for example. But deep-sea mining is a ...

The metals industry is intensifying its push for deep-sea mining permits despite the absence of a regulatory framework, as a key UN-established meeting approaches, with a global mining code remaining ...

But deep-sea mining is a controversial means of obtaining them because of its potentially significant environmental impacts. "We felt that a vehicle that used AI to look for life and avoid it ...