There are widespread concerns that deep-sea mining for metals will damage fragile ecosystems. But if mining ever goes ahead, ...

The demand for metals will increase significantly in the coming years, primarily because the climate-friendly transformation ...

The Trump administration is expanding its deep-sea mining ambitions to the region around the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific, and is nearly doubling the proposed seabed mining area around ...

Washington is very interested in securing the nation's supply of critical minerals -- which bodes well for this innovative ...

Elizabeth Klein says the Interior Department is fast-tracking seabed mining using "already bare-bones, vague, decades-old rules." ...

The federal government is eyeing a potential offshore mining project near the Mariana Trench, in an area around 128 nautical ...

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 plates, ...

Guam senators are drawing a hard line on the federal government's push to explore deep seabed mining in waters near the ...

On April 24, President Trump issued another questionable executive order, this one calling for deep-sea mining in both federal and international waters. The former is within his control; the latter ...