The head of submarine mining pioneer The Metals Company told AFP he had "no doubt" the Canadian firm would be the first to to ...

California State Parks, which manages more than 340 miles of California’s coastline, is asking the public not to collect any sea glass, agates or other rocks found at state beaches.

Explorers have dreamed of harvesting deep-sea metals since the 1870s, when the British scientific ship HMS Challenger pulled up mineral-laden rocks on its round-the-world voyage. The first ...

“A world powered by renewables is a world hungry for critical minerals,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at a ...

The Trump Administration is initiating the process of selling leases for deep-sea mining. While deep-sea mining is expected ...

Japan's Diet on Friday ratified a key defense pact allowing the deployment of Japanese forces for joint drills with Filipino ...

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 ...

These rock-like formations ... and 75 percent of manufacturing in the deep-sea minerals sector. Many of these minerals are contained in potato-sized nodules on the seabed beyond the legal ...

Residents have a saying in Spruce Pine, that a piece of their home is in tech across the globe. But could geopolitical ...

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

Kirt Kempter likes to tease conservation groups about their efforts to try to stop erosion in the Galisteo Basin. As a geologist, he contextualizes time a bit differently than other people. He knows ...