The federal government said it would hold hearings next month on controversial applications to mine the ocean floor.

Legal experts say deep-sea mining cannot start until the ISA agrees how profits from the global seabed would be shared.

The U.S. government is moving closer to approving deep-sea mining in international waters, opening a contentious new front in ...

As companies race to expand renewable energy and the batteries to store it, finding sufficient amounts of rare earth metals to build the technology is no easy feat. That’s leading mining companies to ...

The possibility of deep seabed mining near the Marianas triggered an unprecedented wave of opposition from Guam and the ...

The US just inched closer to endorsing a new kind of mining frontier: scraping metals from the deep ocean floor in ...

The International Seabed Authority is holding an election for secretary general on Friday. The vote is a microcosm of a broader debate pitting conservationists against the mining industry. Get the ...

New research highlights significant ecological risks from deep-sea mining, intensifying global debate over whether securing ...

The Pacific Ocean’s vast deposits of critical minerals are essential to any plan to compete with China’s dominance of the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The government of Papua New Guinea appears poised to approve Solwara 1, a long-in-development deep-sea mining project in the country’s waters.

A growing number of countries are calling to halt mining on the ocean floor. The topic will take center stage at thi annual assembly of the International Seabed Authority, which governs seabed mining.

Scott Shackelford is a principal investigator on grants from the Hewlett Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, National Science Foundation, and the Microsoft Corporation supporting both the ...