“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a ...

The Metals Company said it would apply for permits under a 1980 U.S. law, after President Trump signed an executive order calling for an increase in U.S. mineral production.

and its deep-sea mining effort. In 2021, that triggered a race to develop regulations before TMC or any other company could begin harvesting minerals in international waters to be used in ...

Deep sea mining involves extracting mineral deposits from the ocean floor using methods such as dredging, drilling and hydraulic pumps. These techniques can disrupt fragile deep-sea ecosystems, ...

In the global race for critical minerals, one little-known international ... than a decade to draw up regulations for a future deep-sea mining industry. Those efforts continued this week as ...