The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

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

The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) recently announced rule changes that would accelerate deep-sea mining in ...

America is taking on China in the race to the bottom of the sea, hoping that new mining techniques will help break Beijing’s ...

Donald Trump is making headlines. The greatest treasure of all time has just been discovered on the ocean floor, and the US ...

A new deep-sea device developed by China has caught the world’s attention. The China Ship Scientific Research Centre (CSSRC) ...

The initiative, led by a government-backed project, aims to reduce reliance on imports and strengthen national security.

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 miles) southeast of ...

Thanks to a surge of innovation in circular economy technologies, ocean preservation is becoming an engine of industrial ...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed an agreement to build a railway to the mineral-rich Ring ...

BROOKES POINT, Philippines, July 9, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A nickel stockpile towers over farmer Moharen Tambiling's rice paddy on Palawan island in the Philippines, evidence of a mining boom that locals ...