"The thing that people have missed is that there is zero chance that this will not happen," Gerard Barron, CEO of The Metals ...

On April 24, President Trump signed an executive order promoting deep-sea mining in the US and international waters, touting ...

If the U.S. wants to secure critical minerals it should invest in mining and processing facilities on home soil rather than ...

Workers disembark from a research vessel that returned from the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean, where soil, water, and wildlife samples were obtained ... the sea floor. The minerals ...

The Trump administration says it will consider selling leases to extract minerals from the seabed off the South Pacific island of American Samoa.

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 ...

Seaweed absorbs rare minerals and elements from seawater as it grows. A new initiative from Blue Evolution, called Orca Minerals, aims to harvest the materials.

Types of deep-sea mining. Amelia K. Bates / Grist The United Nations body in charge of overseeing mineral extraction ... and wildlife samples were obtained from deep in the ocean as part of ...

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 ...

Some have questioned the economic case for the industry given the challenges of operating machinery in such extreme environments and the swings of mineral markets. “Deep-sea mining is a high ...

The Trump administration said Wednesday that it will consider selling leases to extract minerals from the seabed ... a wider industry push to allow deep-sea mining that environmentalists oppose ...