By Elizabeth Claire AlbertsKara Fox ・A Mongabay and CNN investigation found the eight Chinese state-owned ships that conduct ...

Deep Sea Minerals (CSE:SEAS) has filed an application with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to explore ...

Renewable technologies need a multitude of critical minerals. The seabed could supply these riches. But at what cost?

With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The ...

Even as the race to mine the ocean floor for important minerals intensifies, a UN-body tasked with establishing regulations for the emerging industry ended a key global meeting this week without a new ...

The UN's deep-sea mining regulator adjourned without a clear timeline for finishing industry rules, even as the U.S. pushes ahead with mining plans under domestic law.

Even as opposition grows and the U.S. territory maintains a moratorium on seabed mining, NOAA began a $20 million survey of ...

Company seeks an exploration license for polymetallic nodules in a defined area of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean.

Trump's aggressive push toward deep-sea mining is putting pressure on global negotiators to act fast to shape deep-sea mining rules.

The government is considering mineral leasing in almost 70 million acres of the outer continental shelf near the Northern ...

The Trump administration wants to allow deep-sea mining for critical minerals near the American territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Residents are worried about environmental impacts.

The deep-sea mining gamble is no financial miracle. Rather, it is a sinking investment that is quite literally costing the earth for minerals we don’t need. The Metals Company’s recent application to ...