Lockheed appeared to exit the sector in 2023, when it sold its UK-based deep-sea mining subsidiary, UK Seabed Resources, to ...

US defence group says there is ‘large interest’ in its eastern Pacific licences as companies vie for critical minerals ...

The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

Deep-sea mining is promoted as a solution for the energy transition and wealth for developing nations. However, evidence ...

America is taking on China in the race to the bottom of the sea, hoping that new mining techniques will help break Beijing’s ...

Analysis - Deep-sea mining promises critical minerals for the energy transition without the problems of mining on land. It ...

President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order that supports deep sea mining in both United States and international ...

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

Key points The deep sea is one of Earth's most fragile and least understood environments.A group of scientists led by CSIRO ...

“We’re here to paint a giant message to remind [the Metals Company] that the ocean is the sacred commons of humanity,” said ...

As islands in the Pacific Ocean basin, American Sāmoa and Hawaiʻi have strong connections across marine ecosystems and cultures. While Hawaiʻi has banned seabed mining in state waters, which extend ...

What makes The Metals Company (TMC), a little-known company that isn't even making any money, a threat to the ocean, ...