In a world hungry for crucial resources, China may not be poised to start deep-sea mining but it is planting seeds for such ...

Extracting rare metals from the ocean floor risks harming largely unexplored ecosystems and presents a dilemma the ...

A significant proportion of the scientific community and environmental organisations insist that the precautionary principle ...

The seabed is legally designated as the“common heritage of mankind,” but in practice, it has become a hotly contested ...

Much of its seafloor exists in something of a liminal zone: too shallow and close to the shore to draw interest from deep-sea mining companies but still too deep to be reachable by conventional ...

The head of submarine mining pioneer The Metals Company told AFP he had "no doubt" the Canadian firm would be the first to to ...

The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...

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 ...