While deep-sea mining could reduce U.S. dependence on foreign supply chains, environmental advocates warn that the practice ...

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

The Trump administration considers selling leases for seabed mineral extraction near American Samoa, igniting debate between ...

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

The Trump administration is considering leasing seabed areas off American Samoa for mineral extraction, sparking ...

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

The thing that people have missed is that there is zero chance that this will not happen,” Gerard Barron, CEO of The Metals ...

Only 1.5% of coral habitat in the world is considered pristine, so the protection of the seabed is one of the most robust ...

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. In 2013, a ...

Explorers have dreamed of harvesting deep-sea metals since the 1870s, when the British scientific ship HMS Challenger pulled up mineral-laden rocks on its round-the-world voyage. The first ...

Explorers have dreamed of harvesting deep-sea metals since the 1870s, when the British scientific ship HMS Challenger pulled up mineral-laden rocks on its round-the-world voyage. The first commercial ...