In a world hungry for crucial resources, China may not be poised to start deep-sea mining but it is planting seeds for such operations in a meticulously planned economic and geopolitical strategy ...

Chinese research ships are studying the seas for science and resources, but the data they gather could also be useful in a ...

Deep-seafloor mining is a complex topic that leaves out a crucial starting point: mining the potato-sized rocks on the seafloor called “nodules” only yields four metals of any economic ...

The UN’s International Seabed Authority, established under the Law of the Sea treaty, has granted TMC and other companies exploratory permits for deep-sea mining.

The Trump administration is taking a step toward potentially allowing companies to trawl for minerals under the ocean floor off the coast of American Samoa. The Interior Department announced late T… ...

Conservationists say retrieving mineral-rich rocks will destroy sea life. Environmental studies show conflicting results.

He applauded a recent executive order signed by President Trump, which promotes deep-sea mining as a way for the U.S. to counter China's advantage in key global mineral supplies.

Protesters project a slide opposed to deep-sea mining on the side of the Hidden Gem deep-sea mining vessel, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Feb. 8, 2022 (Sipa photo by Charles M. Vella via AP Images).

The world’s largest zinc smelter is taking a stake in a deep-sea mining company as it seeks to diversify its sources of metals away from China.

Deep-sea mining in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean could harm ocean life including whales and dolphins, new research shows.

Business China carefully assembling a deep-sea mining strategy The world’s oceans, both international waters and those under national jurisdiction, are rich in minerals and metals.