Imagine a place on our planet so vast, so mysterious, that it has no owner. Picture a realm teeming with bizarre life forms, ...

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a Canadian startup says it will move ahead, whether or not rules are in ...

The push for clean energy is driving interest in deep-sea mining, a controversial method of extracting critical metals from the ocean floor. These polymetallic nodules contain key ingredients for ...

Why might the U.S. be interested in deep-sea mining, and what are the environmental risks? Here's what you need to know.

Deep-sea mining (DSM) not only poses significant environmental, social, and economic risks that may have far-reaching ...

Trump's deep-sea mining order is likely to stipulate that the U.S. aims to exercise its rights to extract critical minerals ...

Impossible Metals, a pioneering US-based deep-sea mining company, has submitted a request to commence a leasing process for ...

Deep sea mining operations are expected to increase the negative impact on environmental indicators by up to 13 per cent, a change categorized as having 'great' significance, relative to the ...

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows. A study published in the journal Nature found that the site of a ...

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

As the demand for electric car batteries and smartphones grows, mining companies are turning their attention to the deep sea, where precious metals such as nickel and cobalt can be found in potato ...

Nations are currently negotiating a “road map” that would govern any potential deep-sea mining in international waters. If the U.S. were to move forward with plans to support mining in the ...