The ocean's deep-sea bed is scattered with ancient rocks, each about the size of a closed fist, called "polymetallic nodules.

The order seeks swift permits for mining nickel, cobalt and other minerals from the sea floor. Critics say it threatens both ocean life and global agreements.

President Donald Trump shook up the critical minerals landscape by signing anexecutive order to fast-track deep-sea mining ...

In this week's Current Climate newsletter, Trump has ignited a new fight over seabed mining; America’s only rare-earth mine ...

The ocean's deep-sea bed is scattered with ancient rocks, each about the size of a closed fist, called "polymetallic nodules.

Deep-sea mining firm The Metals Co asked the Trump administration on Tuesday to approve its plans to mine the international ...

The nodules contain critical materials ... 60 days “to expedite the process for reviewing and issuing seabed mineral exploration licences and commercial recovery permits in areas beyond national ...

On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to permit, for the first time, industrial mining of the ...

On April 24, 2025, the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order aimed at fast-tracking deep-sea mining.

Deep-sea mineral ecosystem The deep-sea mining industry ... the feasibility of using the National Defense Stockpile for nodule-derived minerals and of entering into offtake agreements, while ...

The applications were submitted under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act and National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...