On April 24, President Trump signed an executive order promoting deep-sea mining in the US and international waters, touting ...

Critics call for an industry moratorium until more scientific data can be obtained about fragile deep sea ecosystems.

Seabed mining doesn’t normally attract much media attention, but President Donald Trump’s executive order (EO) on the topic, ...

Conservationists say retrieving mineral-rich rocks will destroy sea life. Environmental studies show conflicting results.

This week’s Spotlight features Dan Wilton, CEO of First Mining Gold, discussing the company’s flagship Springpole and ...

US President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order aimed at advancing the deep-sea mining industry. This directive ...

The White House’s executive order last month purports to authorize mining in international waters – against the authority of ...

Half a century after the world's first deep sea mining tests picked nodules from the seafloor off the US east coast, the ...

The international legal order is floundering. The geopolitical and resource policy priorities of the United States are ...

The thing that people have missed is that there is zero chance that this will not happen,” Gerard Barron, CEO of The Metals ...

The deep sea refers to the part of the ocean below 200 meters (656 ft.), at which light begins to disappear. Despite making ...

Researchers claim we know about less than 1% of our deep seas here on Earth, raising concerns over possible deep sea mining.