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 Trump administration says it will consider selling leases to extract minerals from the seabed off the South Pacific island of American Samoa.

Trump is right to accelerate licenses for commercial underwater operations, but they should be within America’s 200-mile ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to promote mining of the deep-sea floor, a controversial way to get critical minerals that are used in a wide range of electronics and ...

William Brangham: Along certain parts of the ocean floor lie a bounty of rare minerals and metals, critical components for batteries, electric cars and other electronics. But mining for them in ...

which controls the supply of many critical minerals. To retrieve the nodules, mining firms plan to send uncrewed collector vehicles down to the bottom of the ocean. The Metals Company vehicle ...

These minerals are found in oceans across the planet, but the focus of many mining companies is on an expanse of Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Hawaii called the Clarion-Clipperton Zone ...

And while there’s a fixed stock of minerals in soil, currents in the ocean continually replenish supply. The rest of the seaweed also has value—as nutrients, pigments, or carbon that can be ...

President Donald Trump is trying to fast track a brand new, highly controversial industry – mining critical minerals in the deep sea. Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the ...