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 ...

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

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

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to promote mining of the deep-sea floor, a controversial way to get critical minerals that are used in a wide range of electronics and other ...

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

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

Stream Connecticut News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. The administration is seeking to fast-track the pursuit of strategically important minerals such as nickel, copper and rare earth elements ...

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our ...

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

This deep-sea mining executive has been diving deep into their portfolio, recently selling thousands of their insider shares ...

Protesters project a slide opposed to deep-sea mining on the side of the Hidden Gem deep-sea mining vessel, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Feb. 8, 2022 (Sipa photo by Charles M. Vella via AP Images).