In this issue: diving into deep-sea mining; exploring plans for an REE refinery in France; how mines are transforming water ...

Impossible Metals, a deep-sea mining startup, submitted a formal request to the Department of the Interior to sell leases to ...

On April 24, President Trump signed an executive order promoting deep-sea mining in the US and international waters, touting ...

Humanity has only explored 0.001% of the deep sea, according to a May 2025 study.Getty Images Reporter The Trump Administration signed an executive order late last month aiming to fast-track ...

The Philippine Coast Guard captured footage of a Chinese vessel's retrieval of a deep-sea submersible vessel from waters near Ilocos Norte on Monday, May 5 — an incident that the PCG believes confirms ...

There is currently no commercial deep-sea mining happening anywhere in the world, though companies have been pushing for years. They appear to have found a new champion in Trump. In April ...

United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to expand the controversial but financially lucrative practice of deep-sea mining in a bid to lock down US access to critical ...

The Trump administration is considering an executive order that would speed up deep-sea mining in international waters by allowing companies to circumvent a United Nations-backed review process ...