Deep-sea mining equipment being deployed by ... is the lack of a refining and processing infrastructure for the minerals, and pulling rocks from the depths will not change that.

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.

Trump is right to accelerate licenses for commercial underwater operations, but they should be within America’s 200-mile ...

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

Most interest is in polymetallic modules: small, potato-sized rocks scattered ... s campaign to stop deep-sea mining. While the appetite for many critical minerals is soaring, some experts say ...

Rare earth elements are needed for everything from green technology to consumer goods like laptops and batteries. Mining them, though, can cause environmental problems. But researchers say some of ...

The US in turn enacted the deep sea mineral resources law ... nickel and other metals found in polymetallic nodules - potato-sized rocks rich in those materials. TMC and other ISA-licensed ...

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 ...

The Basics of Deep-Sea Mining Deep-sea mining refers ... millions of polymetallic nodules—potato-shaped rocks that store several rare earth minerals. The location of these nodules, and other ...

In 2013, scientists were stunned to find microbes thriving deep inside volcanic rocks beneath the seafloor ... of marine life that snows from the sea above, or from the non-biological chemical ...

Instead of blasting rocks or the seabed ... The Trump administration also wants to fast-track deep-sea mining—extracting minerals from the ocean floor—something scientists say could cause ...