The US feels otherwise. “Under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act, US companies can apply for exploration licenses ...

The International Seabed Authority isn’t close to setting rules on harvesting minerals more than a decade after talks on how ...

Chinese researchers have unveiled a new deep-sea tool capable of cutting through the world's most secure subsea cables—and it ...

In January 2025, Taiwan’s coast guard blamed a Cameroon- and Tanzania-flagged vessel crewed by seven Chinese nationals and operated by a Hong Kong-based company when an undersea cable was severed off ...

IN the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners, and huge numbers ...