In the delicate balancing act between human development and protecting the fragile natural world, sand is weighing down the ...

President Trump seems more likely to support deep-sea mineral extraction than President Biden did. But do we need those ocean ...

The argument that deep-sea mining could be a partial solution to the climate crisis ... and dependent on the shifting needs of a fast-changing technology sector. In the past two years, the outlook for ...

A strategic partnership deal between China and the Cook Islands spans areas from deep-sea mining to education scholarships ...

Cook Islands officials yesterday said they had discussed seabed minerals research with China as the small Pacific island ...

The next frontier in energy: the deep ocean, where there are enormous deposits of the minerals needed for clean energy technologies. Is this a game-changing breakthrough or an environmental disaster ...

The island's Seabed Minerals Authority says it has held "high-level" discussions with several institutes to advance ...

A major legal challenge in deep-sea mining is the jurisdictional ambiguity between international waters and areas within national Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) —which extend up to 200 nautical miles ...

New Zealand is considering withdrawing its support for an international ban on deep-sea mining, the country's resources minister told AFP on Tuesday. Resources Minister Shane Jones said opposition ...

Thiruvananthapuram: The Left government in Kerala on Tuesday made it clear that the Centre's move to initiate deep-sea mining along the state's coast cannot be allowed at any cost and the concern ...

T'puram: Fisheries minister Saji Cheriyan said in the assembly that deep-sea mining and blue economy were completely destroying the fishing sector and posing a threat to the livelihoods of fishermen.

Cook Islands officials said on Friday they had discussed seabed minerals research with China as the small Pacific island mulls deep-sea mining of its waters. The self-governing co ...