A new executive order pits the United States against the rest of the world over the question of who can exploit mineral ...

At a congressional hearing, one executive welcomed President Trump’s “starting gun” to begin mining. Democrats and ...

A Canadian company seeks US permits to mine the seafloor, sparking controversy for bypassing the UN's International Seabed ...

Many of the fish we consume play an important role in maintaining seabed ecosystems, influencing carbon storage and ocean ...

Now he’s eyeing the global seabed that holds vast troves of critical metals for green technologies but is controlled by a United Nations-affiliated organization. Trump may be unlikely to gain dominion ...

President Trump signed an order Thursday aimed at making it easier for companies to mine the ocean floor. Scientists and ...

A Canadian company has announced that its U.S. subsidiary has submitted applications to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

The ocean's deep-sea bed is scattered with ancient rocks, each about the size of a closed fist, called "polymetallic nodules.

Increasingly, mining companies have been eager to scrape the ocean floor for cobalt, manganese, nickel and other metals that ...

Deep-sea mining could unleash clouds of debris that threaten a mysterious, vital ecosystem we barely understand.