World leaders on Monday called for strict rules to govern deep-sea mining and warned against racing to exploit the ocean ...

Marketplace contributor Daniel Ackerman says deep-sea mining companies are innovating for how to efficiently mine rare Earth ...

These minerals are found in oceans across the planet, but the focus of many mining companies is on an expanse of Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Hawaii called the Clarion-Clipperton Zone ...

President Donald Trump is trying to fast track a brand new, highly controversial industry – mining critical minerals in the deep sea. Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the ...

William Brangham: Along certain parts of the ocean floor lie a bounty of rare minerals and metals, critical components for batteries, electric cars and other electronics. But mining for them in ...

The initiative thrusts an agency known for regulating U.S. oceans and fisheries into a potential diplomatic row with the International Seabed Authority. President Donald Trump’s assertion that ...

The Trump administration is preparing an historic executive order to reassert American leadership on a new mineral frontier: the deep ocean floor. The order lays the groundwork for a new $100 ...

And while there’s a fixed stock of minerals in soil, currents in the ocean continually replenish supply. The rest of the seaweed also has value—as nutrients, pigments, or carbon that can be ...

For nearly a century, scientists have been trying to tap into the ocean’s mineral stores — perhaps none more infamous than the German chemist Fritz Haber. Haber started his career as an ...