Red Metal is poised to unlock its potentially massive Queensland copper-gold projects, thanks to $400,000 in grants from the ...

have urged restraint until the ISA agrees on rules for extracting minerals from the deep sea. The rules will govern a stretch of the Pacific ocean floor known as the Clarion Clipperton Zone, where an ...

This discovery could indicate the presence of unusual mineral deposits or a unique geological process in the area. Located just 29 kilometers (18 miles) south of Mount Ağrı, the Durupınar Formation ...

ISA negotiators have long sought to devise a rulebook to regulate the exploitation and extraction of polymetallic nodules and other deposits on the ocean floor — before mining activity begins.

These are like chimneys pushing out superheated, mineral-rich water from deep beneath the Earth, which solidifies into deposits rich in ... Reis de Carvalho, the ISA’s secretary general.

referring to Trump’s April 24 executive order aimed at speeding industry exploration of critical mineral deposits in federal waters. An unidentified White House official told POLITICO’s E&E ...

Trump’s order is expected to benefit The Metals Company, or TMC, which for years has sought to collect mineral-rich deposits that cover the sea floor ... The Law of the Sea Treaty established the ISA, ...

"The United States has a core national security and economic interest in maintaining leadership in deep sea science and technology and seabed mineral resources," Trump said in the executive order ...