Critics call for an industry moratorium until more scientific data can be obtained about fragile deep sea ecosystems.

Conservationists say retrieving mineral-rich rocks will destroy sea life. Environmental studies show conflicting results.

Deep-sea mining’s rise raises urgent legal, ethical, and environmental questions as demand for critical minerals grows in the ...

The White House’s executive order last month purports to authorize mining in international waters – against the authority of ...

The deep seafloor remains a mystery—only 0.001% has been seen. We live on an ocean world. Yet we know surprisingly little about these oceans. In a new study published in Science Advances, researchers ...

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

GlobalAutoIndustry.com’s latest Audio Interview is titled “Deep Sea Mining: Closing the Gaps in Global Critical Minerals Supply.” It features Dr. Wolfgang Bernhart, a partner at Roland Berger’s ...

A recent executive order signed by United States President Donald Trump to unilaterally authorize commercial deep-sea mining ...

We also talk with Gerard Barron, CEO of TMC The Metals Company, about the challenges of picking up deep sea metals with ...

Since 1958, the US has led on Antarctic diplomacy and science. Trump’s funding cuts will diminish US capacity in Antarctica ...

The Clarion-Clipperton zone, an area in the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Hawaii, is a region with abundant copper, cobalt ...