WASHINGTON— President Trump signed an executive order today to fast-track a process that purports to allow U.S.-affiliated companies to mine the deep seabed in U.S. and international waters. The order ...

When Solomon Kahoʻohalahala arrived in Jamaica in mid-March to attend a meeting of the International Seabed Authority, or ISA, he felt the weight of the moment on his shoulders. The United Nations ...

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 ...

Global negotiations over the future of the deep sea are underway this week in Kingston, Jamaica where member states of the International Seabed Authority have gathered to continue shaping a regulatory ...

The world’s oceans are on the brink of a major disaster if controversial plans to start deep sea mining in international waters go ahead as early as next year, an expert has warned. Dr. Sandor Mulsow, ...

A new company is making waves in the world of deep-sea mining.

The agreement covers the design, construction, and operation of a large-scale system for recovering polymetallic nodules from the ocean floor. ・Allseas will fund a significant portion of development ...

“For nodule mining, some simple scientific steps would help to resolve the risk of biodiversity loss, which is still mostly ...

The ocean floor is the final frontier, and China is claiming the map. See why this sudden interest in the abyss is about much ...

Deep-sea mining is an industry with few publicly traded players. This week, American Ocean Minerals announced it is merging with Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ: OMEX) in a reverse takeover that ...

Building everything necessary for fighting climate change is going require metal. There's plenty on the ocean floor. But extracting it is controversial because it involves deep sea mining. Building ...