The leader of one of the most aggressive seabed mining startups spent years invoking global warming to spark interest in extracting avocado-sized rocks rich in electric-vehicle battery metals from the ...

After Trump pledged to open international waters to mining, The Metals Company sought U.S. permits. But other countries are raising legal concerns.

The leader of one of the most aggressive seabed mining startups spent years invoking global warming to spark interest in extracting avocado-sized rocks rich in electric-vehicle battery metals from the ...

American Resources said ReElement signed MoU with deep sea nodule harvesting company Impossible Metals to jointly develop a ...

A new round of global negotiations over commercial deep sea mining is underway in Jamaica, with growing concern from ...

Scientists present at the latest effort to hash out international rules for deep-sea mining say it's unclear if it's possible ...

Key PointsTMC The Metals Company has been a meme-stock favorite, but the story has some real depth. TMC wants to mine international seabeds teeming with minerals that are vital to U.S. manufacturing, ...

After two weeks of negotiations, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) is still far from finalizing rules for extracting ...

The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

Today, technological advances in deep-sea exploration bring us to the threshold of a new endeavour—one that calls upon the best of our collective capabilities.

Marketplace contributor Daniel Ackerman says deep-sea mining companies are innovating for how to efficiently mine rare Earth minerals — but scaling this work is still a big question.

Using its advanced deep-sea drilling vessel Meng Xiang (meaning “Dream”), China aims to penetrate the Mohorovicic discontinuity — or Moho — the boundary between the crust and mantle.