This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. On ...

“Future mineral demand can be met without deep seabed mining,” declared the World Wildlife Fund in a report finding that innovations could curb demand for critical minerals by 20% to 58% by 2050.

TechnipFMC plc FTI formed an alliance with Loke Marine Minerals (or Loke) to establish enabling technologies for the extraction of seabed minerals in Norway. As the energy transition continues to ...

Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., a global subsea mineral exploration, validation, and development company, announced today an important next step in becoming the world’ s leading marine mineral ...

As international regulations for deep-sea mineral extraction near completion, Congress is recognizing the strategic role polymetallic nodules can play in bolstering U.S. national security the economy, ...

Seabed mining permits the commercial exploitation of marine minerals for various everyday applications, such as to power laptops, phones and electric vehicles and to help secure a low-carbon future.

In February, the Cook Islands announced a key deal with China: a five-year agreement on deep sea exploration of marine minerals. While the deal does not yet include full mining permits, it ...

Despite concern over adverse impacts, deep marine mineral exploration is set to become a global industry, says geologist Chris Yeats. Global demand for metals continues to grow, fuelled largely by ...

Amy Gartman, a research oceanographer and global marine minerals project chief at the US Geological Survey’s Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz, California, said the USGS ...

At the top of the agenda was a question: How can we sustainably develop marine mineral resources, whilst ensuring protection of the environment and biodiversity? MEETING CLEAN ENERGY DEMAND.