Governments face pressure to delay seabed mining as legal risks, fragile ecosystems and global treaty commitments collide.

With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The ...

The Metals Company just got some great news, but there's still a lot of work to be done.

You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to industry and modern technology – everything from cellphones to fighter jets.

"Driven by three presidential executive orders signed in 2025, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management wants to loosen its rules governing seabed mining, which could commence in a matter of years in ...

Trump's aggressive push toward deep-sea mining is putting pressure on global negotiators to act fast to shape deep-sea mining rules.

As policymakers meet in Jamaica to develop regulations for mineral exploitation in international waters, Solomon Pili Kahoʻohalahala highlights what’s at stake for Pacific cultures.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the last three decades, the United Nations-affiliated body called the International Seabed Authority, or ISA, has been working ...

Determination of substantial compliance marks a key step in the U.S. regulatory process for exploration and commercial recovery of polymetallic ...

Carbon Brief explores the impacts of climate change and gender inequality on women farmers and how they are adapting to a warming planet.

Americans have a reputation for being bad at world geography, and the current U.S. administration is no exception, particularly when it comes to correctly identifying what is – and is not – part of ...

The Trump administration said Wednesday that it will consider selling leases to extract minerals from the seabed off the South Pacific island of American Samoa, a potential first step in a wider ...