In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

By: Paulina Barnjak and Dylan Long The affirmative In the age of accelerating climate change, collapsing ecosystems and ...

The US government is drafting an executive order to facilitate the stockpiling of minerals from the Pacific Ocean seabed.

Scattered across an abyssal plain known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) are polymetallic nodules that are a potato-sized ...

Impossible Metals has asked US federal officials to launch a commercial auction for access to deposits of nickel, cobalt, and ...

MP Materials moves up after the Financial Times reported that President Trump is set to issue an executive order allowing the ...

A deep-sea mining company is turning to President Donald Trump to help it extract battery materials. The company that has pushed to open up the deep sea for mining is cozying up to the Trump ...

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

Impossible Metals, a pioneering US-based deep-sea mining company, has submitted a request to commence a leasing process for ...

India has extended the auction deadline for deep-sea mineral blocks, crucial for electric vehicle batteries, to May 1, due to ...

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 ...

In 1979, a deep-sea mining experiment in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) left a lasting mark on the seabed. Decades later, ...