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 ...

If the U.S. wants to secure critical minerals it should invest in mining and processing facilities on home soil rather than ...

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

Workers disembark from a research vessel that returned from the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean, where soil, water, and wildlife samples were obtained ... the sea floor. The minerals ...

Seaweed absorbs rare minerals and elements from seawater as it grows. A new initiative from Blue Evolution, called Orca Minerals, aims to harvest the materials.

In the global race for critical minerals, one little-known international ... than a decade to draw up regulations for a future deep-sea mining industry. Those efforts continued this week as ...

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 ...

Some have questioned the economic case for the industry given the challenges of operating machinery in such extreme environments and the swings of mineral markets. “Deep-sea mining is a high ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to help foster and facilitate the exploration, extraction and processing of minerals from the seabed. The order describes the resources as key to U ...

Deep-sea miner The Metals Company said it is eying a U.S. path to extract minerals from the bottom of the ocean, a week after President Trump pushed for increased mineral production in the U.S ...