By Ben Aris in Berlin The Trump administration has also moved to fast-track seabed mining in international waters following ...

A U.S. subsidiary of The Metals Co., based in Vancouver, has applied for permits to mine a deep sea zone in international ...

Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to ...

Tonga is considering a new deep sea mining contract with Canadian mining group The Metals Company (TMC) - and a local NGO ...

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

Though hostile in appearance, the deep sea teems with life. Far from being barren, the abyss is likely home to millions of ...

Protecting underwater ecosystems from the growing interest in rare mineral mining, framing deep-sea laws and building a biobank are among landmark achievements of the UN’s International Seabed ...

The talks, in Jamaica, are before the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the only organization that can legally approve ...

Over 80 people gathered Sunday at Ala Moana Beach Park for a paddle-out ceremony opposing deep-sea mining, joining a global ...

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

An experiment in 2021 in water about 3 miles (5 kilometers) deep off Mexico found that seabed mining equipment created sediment plumes of up to about 6.5 feet (2 meters) high.

Global environmentalists are warning of long term damage to the earth's oceans after governments, including Australia, failed ...