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The head of submarine mining pioneer The Metals Company told AFP he had "no doubt" the Canadian firm would be the first to to ...
The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...
The U.S. wants to mine the deep sea. But economists warn that leaders aren't taking the full value of the oceans into account ...
As experts and businesses look for ways to rid the Earth's atmosphere of CO₂, they're trying to increase the ocean's capacity ...
Vowing to “counter China’s growing influence over seabed mineral resources,” the Trump administration is opening a new front ...
Trump is right to accelerate licenses for commercial underwater operations, but they should be within America’s 200-mile ...
Adversarial nations and strategic competitors currently dominate global supplies of rare earth elements—and control much of ...
President Trump signed a far-reaching executive order aimed at accelerating the development of deep-sea mining for ...
The United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC 3) will open in Nice, France, on June 9, 2025. It is the third conference of its ...
While deep-sea mining could reduce U.S. dependence on foreign supply chains, environmental advocates warn that the practice ...