Trump reshaped the industry this year, even as it faced opposition from the United Nations, scientists and Indigenous peoples ...

NOAA is weighing two applications from The Metals Co. to explore for minerals in international waters despite pushback from ...

Japan will conduct test mining of rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres ...

More than 3,000 people from U.S. territories have signed a petition opposing proposed deep seabed mining in waters near the ...

President Donald Trump defied international norms on deep-sea mining for rare earth minerals, signing an executive order ...

Legal experts say deep-sea mining cannot start until the ISA agrees how profits from the global seabed would be shared.

With the Jan. 12 deadline looming for public input on a federal deep-sea mining proposal, Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero and Lt. Gov.

A coalition of four organizations has submitted a petition with more than 1,000 signatures from Guam and the Commonwealth of ...

Since U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, we have witnessed an upsurge of interest and intrigue surrounding the critical minerals necessary for the renewable energy transition and ...

The U.S. government is moving closer to approving deep-sea mining in international waters, opening a contentious new front in ...

The rush to mine the deep ocean is no longer a distant possibility. It’s here, thanks to global demand for minerals like cobalt and nickel rising, meaning governments and corporations are eyeing the ...

After sitting on the sidelines for nearly 30 years, the United States is preparing to dive into deep-sea mining. While the U.S. has long deferred to laws established by the U.N. Convention on the Law ...