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

Rules for the emerging deep-sea mining sector should take a "precautionary approach" that protects the environment, the head ...

Pacific nation Kiribati says it is exploring a deep-sea mining partnership with China, dangling access to a vast patch of ...

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 ...

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

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

Pacific nation Kiribati says it is exploring a deep-sea mining partnership with China, dangling access to a vast patch of ...

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 ...

Such metals are sought-after for use in renewable energy devices and batteries, for example. But deep-sea mining is a ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners -- and huge ...