With the prospect of deep-sea mining once again hitting the headlines, opposing parties remain locked in a bitter dispute.

Vowing to “counter China’s growing influence over seabed mineral resources,” the Trump administration is opening a new front ...

Adversarial nations and strategic competitors currently dominate global supplies of rare earth elements—and control much of ...

The Trump Administration is initiating the process of selling leases for deep-sea mining. While deep-sea mining is expected ...

Polymetallic nodules are home to many deep-sea species, such as this bryozoan. Credit: Adrian Glover, Thomas Dahlgren, Helena Wiklund. Focus: Studying biodiversity in regions of interest for deep-sea ...

Impossible Metals, a deep-sea mining startup, submitted a formal request to the Department of the Interior to sell leases to ...

A deep-sea squat lobster in the genus Munidopsis ... like sea lilies that actually live on stalks attached to the polymetallic nodules, according to Glover. This sea squirt, or tunicate, is ...

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

President Trump signed a far-reaching executive order aimed at accelerating the development of deep-sea mining for ...

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

CEO and Chairman Gerard Barron testified before the House Committee on Natural Resources on “Exploring the Potential of Deep-Sea Mining to Expand American Mineral Production”Mr. Barron highlighted the ...

Shares of The Metals Company ( TMC 10.15%) jumped 82.6% in April, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The stock is now up 180% so far in 2025, as of this writing.