Pacific nation Kiribati says it is exploring a deep-sea mining partnership with China, dangling access to a vast patch of ...

After more than a decade of negotiations, a new round of talks to finalize a code to regulate deep-sea mining in ...

Several countries united with campaign groups Monday to call for caution in regulating the divisive practice of deep-sea ...

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

Such metals are sought-after for use in renewable energy devices and batteries, for example. But deep-sea mining is a ...

Researchers said that potato-sized nodules could be producing enough electrical current to split seawater into hydrogen and oxygen, a process known as electrolysis.

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 ...

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

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners -- and huge ...

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

However, one mining company disagrees, saying that, "If you do not do anything, you get accused, and if you do something, you still get accused." ...