Interior reports that on April 8, 2025, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) received a formal request for a lease ...

Some companies, like the Norwegian firm Loke Marine Minerals, have already gone bust due to funding troubles. As for another key stakeholder—nature—Sumaila’s paper concluded that the costs ...

In February, the Cook Islands announced a key deal with China: a five-year agreement on deep sea exploration of marine ...

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

Impossible Metals is testing a robot that can retrieve minerals with AI-powered cameras to protect marine life.

and exploitation of marine minerals in international waters. However, the Authority has yet to formalize regulations for mining the ocean floor. Most recently, in March 2025, officials from the ...

Interest in deep-sea mining has increased globally in recent years. And even as the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the ...

Here’s why Norway is taking a leading role. Photo: Loke Marine Minerals President Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the mining of the deep sea as part of a broader effort by ...