As companies seek to extract critical minerals used in electric vehicle batteries and other green technologies from the deep ...

Several countries united with campaign groups on Monday to call for caution in regulating the divisive practice of deep-sea ...

After more than a decade of negotiations, a new round of talks to finalize a code to regulate deep-sea mining in ...

Some Indian mining and cement companies have approached Dutch shipbuilder Royal IHC for technical assistance as they prepare to bid for deep-sea mineral blocks up for auction, two sources with direct ...

Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight?Some ...

Close to 170 member states and the European Union gathered in Jamaica on 17 March 2025, for a two-week-long negotiation on ...

Campaigner says The Metals Company’s loss of a third of its exploration area is sign of a stuttering industry.

China’s deep-sea mining deal with the Cook Islands raises the stakes in critical mineral competition, with the United States at risk of falling behind. In February, the Cook Islands announced a ...

Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...

But deep-sea mining is a controversial means of obtaining them because of its potentially significant environmental impacts. "We felt that a vehicle that used AI to look for life and avoid it ...

Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by "sound science" and built on consensus, the head of the ...

After more than a decade of negotiations, a new round of talks to finalize a code to regulate deep-sea mining in international waters begins Monday in Jamaica, with hopes high for adoption this year.