The Metals Company, which has been trying for years to exploit battery materials strewn across the ocean floor, announced ...

The ocean's deep-sea bed is scattered with ancient rocks, each about the size of a closed fist, called "polymetallic nodules.

Deep-sea mining firm The Metals Co asked the Trump administration on Tuesday to approve its plans to mine the international ...

A Canadian company has announced that its U.S. subsidiary has submitted applications to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Move by The Metals Company comes less than a week after the president launched plans to boost American procurement of ...

Deep-sea mining could unleash clouds of debris that threaten a mysterious, vital ecosystem we barely understand.

The EU executive “deeply regrets” President Trump’s decision to promote deep-sea mining in international waters, joining a ...

An “America First” policy, ironically, may encourage other countries to leave the U.S. behind, far from the pole position.

Environmental groups are decrying an executive order signed by President Donald Trump to expedite deep-sea mining for ores ...

The Trump administration hoped that mining critical minerals could boost U.S. GDP by $300 billion over 10 years and create ...

The practice of deep-sea mining involves using heavy machinery to remove minerals and metals from the seabed, where they ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. BERGEN ...