Interest in joining the deep-sea mining rush is growing. Indonesia, the largest miner of nickel on land, notified the ISA ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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