Rules for the emerging deep-sea mining sector should take a "precautionary approach" that protects the environment, the head ...

Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by "sound science" and built on consensus, the head of the ...

Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...

Despite opposition investors are still looking at deep-sea mining technology.

Finding and disposing of underwater mines on the sea floor is one of the US Navy's hardest and most dangerous tasks. Robots ...

The rapid expansion of China’s ocean exploration offers Beijing valuable military intelligence as it expands its naval reach ...

It is the key ingredient of bronze, the alloy that helped create some of the world’s greatest civilizations and took humanity ...

Kollam: Despite the Centre's clarification on the proposal to mine sea sand off the Kerala coast, contradictions continue to ...

The resolution expressed concerns over the adverse impact of deep-sea mining on the region’s valuable fish resources, ...

Kochi: LDF and UDF MPs participated in a protest march seeking a complete halt to the deep-sea mining operations being ...

Tokyo (AFP) – Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by "sound science" and built on consensus, the head of the body charged with regulating the divisive practice said ...