Tokyo set to make world’s first attempt to continuously lift rare-earth-rich mud from a depth of around 6,000m ...

Any renewable energy source a country can support will become a hub for investment. Countries are researching not only solar energy but also the minerals ...

NOAA is weighing two applications from The Metals Co. to explore for minerals in international waters despite pushback from ...

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 ...

Japan will conduct test mining of rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres ...

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

With deep-sea mining already under scrutiny, Guam lawmakers are advancing a resolution aimed at reinforcing the island’s opposition.  Supporters say this moment is about drawing a clear line as ...

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 ...

Seabed mining could become one of the defining environmental battles of 2025. Around the world, governments are weighing up whether to allow mining of the ocean floor for metal ores and minerals. New ...

Just days before the January 12 deadline to comment on a federal proposal that could open more than 35 million acres of seabed to deep sea mining, the 38th Guam Legislature has once again made its pos ...

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 ...