Why might the U.S. be interested in deep-sea mining, and what are the environmental risks? Here's what you need to know.

When Solomon Kahoʻohalahala arrived in Jamaica in mid-March to attend a meeting of the International Seabed Authority, he ...

“The Metals Company is promising regulatory certainty in a regulatory vacuum,” said Bobbi-Jo Dobush, ocean conservation policy expert and author of Deep Sea Mining Isn’t Worth the Risk. “The only ...

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a Canadian startup says it will move ahead, whether or not rules are in ...

Trump's deep-sea mining order is likely to stipulate that the U.S. aims to exercise its rights to extract critical minerals ...

The International Seabed Authority has raised concerns over The Metals Company’s bid to bypass multilateral oversight by ...

The US feels otherwise. “Under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act, US companies can apply for exploration licenses ...

potentially bypassing the International Seabed Authority, which has the power to authorize exploitation permits but has yet to do so. Advertisement Article continues below this ad “It would be a major ...

The head of the deep sea mining frontrunner has written a scathing letter addressing the International Seabed Authority after ...

Under an international treaty, the International Seabed Authority has jurisdiction over any mining on the so-called high seas. “Any unilateral action would constitute a violation of ...

The International Seabed Authority isn’t close to setting rules on harvesting minerals more than a decade after talks on how ...

No country should bypass international laws to authorise resource exploration in the seabed, China's foreign ministry said on ...