This is the midwater zone, a hidden ecosystem that begins 650 feet below the ocean surface and sustains life across our ...
Diplomats from more than 30 nations have criticized a proposal that could allow the start of seabed mining by 2027.
Canadian deep-sea mining firm The Metals Company (TMC) has announced it “initiated a process” with U.S. regulators to apply ...
A deep-sea mining company is turning to President Donald Trump to help it extract battery materials. The company that has ...
Australia’s conservative opposition leader Peter Dutton is a former police detective who gained a reputation during his years ...
Following successful mining tests by U.S. consortia and pioneering environmental impact assessment by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, ...
“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...
On the other hand, mining companies like the Canada-based Metals Company plan to apply for the first commercial mining license in June this year, through its subsidiary Nori (Nauru Ocean Resources Inc ...
Pacific nations Kiribati, Cook Islands and Nauru sit at the forefront of a highly contentious push to mine the depths of the ocean. Kiribati holds rights for deep-sea mining exploration across a ...
Among them was Nori -- Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. -- a subsidiary of Canadian firm The Metals Company. In June, it will submit the first application for extraction of "polymetallic nodules" -- mineral ...