Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin The Trump administration has also moved to fast-track seabed mining in international waters following ...

Vancouver-based The Metals Company is attempting to circumvent international regulations via a backdoor US mining bid, but ...

Trump's push to accelerate deep-sea mining aims to lessen US reliance on China for minerals, but raises fears of ecological ...

Nations are pursuing underwater exploration for highly sought-after rare earth minerals, but the head of the UN’s ...

A U.S. subsidiary of The Metals Co., based in Vancouver, has applied for permits to mine a deep sea zone in international ...

Extracting EV-battery metals from the ocean floor with support from the White House could hit tough technological and legal ...

The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

Though hostile in appearance, the deep sea teems with life. Far from being barren, the abyss is likely home to millions of ...

New documentary about deep-sea mining of rare materials in “Nodules” shows in vivid detail the damage mining creates on ...

Over 80 people gathered Sunday at Ala Moana Beach Park for a paddle-out ceremony opposing deep-sea mining, joining a global ...

The talks, in Jamaica, are before the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the only organization that can legally approve ...