A treaty to protect the high seas will not come to life by the time the UN Oceans Conference opens in June, but persistence by member states has nudged the landmark pact towards enactment.

A treaty to protect the high seas will not come to life by the time the UN Oceans Conference opens in June, but persistence ...

President Donald Trump wants federal agencies to fast-track applications for deep-sea mining in an effort to make the United ...

California-based company Impossible Metals asked the Trump administration earlier this month to auction off mining leases for ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) on Thursday to promote the deep-sea mining industry, marking the latest effort ...

Environmental groups are decrying an executive order signed by President Donald Trump to expedite deep-sea mining for ores ...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order intended to accelerate offshore mining and open new opportunities for extracting critical materials from the ocean floor despite the objections of ...

Mining of these rock-like nodules was the topic of discussion of experts and industry representatives gathered in Tempe on ...

President Trump signed an executive order aimed at making it easier for companies to mine the ocean floor. Scientists and environmentalists worry it could harm an ecosystem we don't know much about.

The Trump administration hoped that mining critical minerals could boost U.S. GDP by $300 billion over 10 years and create ...

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

President Trump signed an executive order to boost the U.S. deep-sea mining industry for critical minerals. Supporters say ...