The Deep Sea Minerals CEO talks about the sector as the administration pushes to open the ocean floor to exploration and ...

When I set sail on the MV NorSky in the summer of 2008 to probe the depths of Manus Basin off the coast of Papua New Guinea, ...

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our ...

How companies that mine copper, ore, and even nickel, are betting on the sea floor to find such rare earths. Rare-earth elements help power our everyday electrical devices, and that’s because most ...

The United States and Japan have agreed to work together on deep-sea mining, but there's still a lot of work to be done.

A new study indicates that deep-sea mining could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras, many of which are already at risk of extinction. The authors found that seabed sediment ...

As demand for critical minerals surges around the world, countries are debating whether to mine the untapped deep-sea reserves of cobalt, copper and manganese, miles below the surface. But a growing ...