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

TMC The Metals Company is facing significant regulatory hurdles from international bodies regarding its deep-sea mining plans ...

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 ...

While calls for a moratorium on deep sea mining have not yet gained global consensus, they continue to gain momentum, supported by compelling arguments from a diverse group of countries. Croatia has ...

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

Press Release - "We are rushing to prepare regulations atop a foundation of scientific uncertainty, in direct contradiction of our obligation under Article 145 of UNCLOS to protect the marine ...

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

James Watt led a similar effort to privatize natural resources for mining, energy development, logging, and sprawl.

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 ...

The leader of one of the most aggressive seabed mining startups spent years invoking global warming to spark interest in ...