Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of its kind, the ...

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

The U.S. legal framework, the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (DSHMRA), although enacted nearly 40 years ago, has ...

The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote ...

I USED to go down to the beach at Hendon, by the old Thompson paper mill where the sand was full of post-industrial detritus.

Scientists discovered thousands of eggs from the Pacific white skate on an underwater volcano almost a mile below the surface ...

By forging ahead with deep-sea mining, the US is bypassing the UN and creating a diplomatic storm – with a Swiss firm at the ...

The never-before-seen footage of sea creatures struggling in fishing nets is featured in National Geographic’s new documentary Ocean with David Attenborough.

Ocean conservation and deep sea mining are not in conflict, Nauru's climate change minister has told leaders at the United Nations Ocean Conference. Asterio Appi said Nauru sees the extraction of ...

Some people argue the answer lies in the deep blue sea – but does it? One of the proposed solutions to meet the global demand for minerals is deep seabed mining (DSM). Large areas of the ocean floor ...

A 2020 assessment of predicted deep-sea mining emissions by a German university named Canada as a potential processing site for Pacific seabed minerals. A swarm of cutthroat eels on the top of a ...

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 ...