After years of delay, the deep-sea mining plans of Canadian firm The Metals Company (TMC) now appear to be progressing as it ...

Pacific island nation Vanuatu has triggered a landmark court ruling that has set out the big polluters' responsibilities when ...

Laws over international deep sea mining are being thrashed out at a meeting in Jamaica, but the process has so far taken over ...

A leading deep-sea mining company in the paradisal Cook Islands is aiming to start commercial production by 2030, spurred on ...

A 1,000-tonne ship is exploring the far-flung South Pacific for riches buried beneath the waves, spearheading efforts to ...

However, Moana Minerals boss Hans Smit said fresh momentum was building, citing the support of US President Trump. Trump ...

As the race for critical minerals heats up, companies and governments have set their sights on the mineral-rich deep sea. But ...

A United Nations-affiliated organisation with jurisdiction over the global seabed took a tentative step Monday to respond to ...

Polymetallic nodules, which are abundant on the ocean floor, contain critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt and rare earth elements — key materials used in the production of batteries and ...

Extracting EV-battery metals from the ocean floor with support from the White House could hit tough technological and legal ...