He said the potential of mining the oceans for nickel, magnesium, cobalt and copper stands to dramatically reduce the ...

Deep-sea mining is back on Washington’s radar (or should that be sonar?) under President Donald Trump. Mineral-rich nodules ...

Proponents say they want to dredge the seafloor for metals needed for clean technology. Indigenous Pacific Islanders call it a threat to life, culture, and the ocean itself.

America has lawful authority to proceed with deep-sea mining—and doing so would break China’s dominance in critical mineral ...

Researchers identified 24 new creatures and an entire superfamily of species in the Pacific, all while NOAA moves to ...

It is also advancing a Texas processing plant, while securing permits and partnerships in evolving critical minerals race.

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

A patch of seafloor targeted for future mining has given us a blunt reminder that we don’t really know what’s going on down ...

Republicans cheered the administration's push to open domestic and international waters to mining. Bipartisan critics argued ...

Even as the race to mine the ocean floor for important minerals intensifies, a UN-body tasked with establishing regulations ...

With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The Trump administration is forging ahead on its own, speeding up environmental ...