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

Diamonds formed in Earth’s lower mantle contain tiny flecks of minerals that are helping us understand the inner workings of our planet ...

What is the role of dissolved organic matter in the deep sea? In a study relating to this question, researchers from the ...

Companies are raring to explore the Arctic seabed off Norway, which could become the first country in Europe to allow deep-sea mining -- much to the dismay of environmentalists.

A Canadian deep-sea mining pioneer, The Metals Company, is charting a new course to land the controversial extraction practice's first commercial contract -- by appealing to US President Donald Trump.

At least one company has found a work-around to international opposition to deep-sea mining: The Trump administration.

Scattered across an abyssal plain known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) are polymetallic nodules that are a potato-sized prize for mining companies in search of materials needed for humanity's ...

A lithium gold rush is erupting beneath California's Salton Sea, where a $540 billion discovery could supercharge U.S. battery independence.

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up ...