Unlike traditional destructive methods, the robot uses AI-guided arms to collect nodules while avoiding marine life ...

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According to a report from Mining.com, The Metals Company (TMC) announced on Monday that Korea Zinc (KZ) will invest $85.2 million in the company, which will significantly aid in advancing its plans ...

The president has ordered the agency to swifty advance the approval of licenses and permits for exploring and mining deep-sea ...

President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order that many international onlookers viewed as a startling provocation: he ...

Jim Kennedy, a consultant and entrepreneur of rare earths — a group of 17 metallic elements, including 15 lanthanides, ...

The UN Ocean Summit in Nice advanced marine protection and the High Seas Treaty—but lacked funding commitments and avoided fossil fuel discussions.

In a world hungry for crucial resources, China may not be poised to start deep-sea mining but it is planting seeds for such ...

The deep ocean needs to be studied, not mined, but the Trump administration is barreling ahead, violating international law.

The head of submarine mining pioneer The Metals Company told AFP he had "no doubt" the Canadian firm would be the first to to ...

Polymetallic nodules – lumps of minerals that accrue on the seabed over millions of years ... Several non-independent Pacific Islands have banned seabed mining in their waters, ...

Several developments last month are likely to shape the future of the controversial deep-sea mining industry. A congressional hearing on the subject highlighted the widely touted promise of seabed ...