The Trump administration is preparing an historic executive order to reassert American leadership on the new mineral frontier ...

No country has mined in the high seas, but several countries, including Brazil, China, and the Cook Islands are supportive of ...

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

No country has mined in the high seas, but several countries, including Brazil, China, and the Cook Islands are supportive of deep-sea mining in their own economic zones. The U.S. has not signed ...

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a Canadian startup says it will move ahead, whether or not rules are in ...

Researchers have discovered a potentially younger and active volcanic hotspot beneath the Cook Islands' waters, prompting ...

Governments most interested in developing deep-sea mining industries in their waters include the Cook Islands, Norway and Japan. The 36-member ISA council met again in Kingston, Jamaica ...