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 ...

Most interest is in polymetallic ... global project leader for Greenpeace’s campaign to stop deep-sea mining. While the appetite for many critical minerals is soaring, some experts say demand ...

This story is part of the Grist series Unearthed: The Mining Issue, which examines the global race to extract critical minerals for the clean energy transition. TThe world is on the brink of a ...

But like with so many other minerals, China has grown to dominate the market. It’s not because magnesium is scarce — in fact, it’s the eighth most abundant mineral in the Earth’s crust ...

The areas with all the minerals are among the most mysterious. They’re also rich with weird life forms — lobster-sized shrimp and transparent fish, alien-looking anemones, and sea urchins that ...

President Donald Trump is trying to fast track a brand new, highly controversial industry – mining critical minerals in ... one of the most high profile deep-sea mining companies, announced ...

Deep-sea mining is a new frontier in mineral extraction ... The experiments reveal most of the released sediment-laden water, between 92 and 98%, stayed close to the seabed floor, spreading ...

one of the Earth's most abundant minerals. The discovery paints a clearer picture of carbon flow through the environment and offers new information to guide bioenergy development. A University of ...