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

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.

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 ...

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

A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Diva Amon and Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at Mānoa Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it ...

"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 ...

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

Even as opposition grows and the U.S. territory maintains a moratorium on seabed mining, NOAA began a $20 million survey of ...

Leticia Carvalho heads a global authority that’s been struggling to set rules for a decade. President Trump’s aggressive push on ocean mining makes her task more urgent.

TMC The Metals Company wants to harvest polymetallic nodules from the Pacific Ocean. The NOAA recently determined its ...

In her 16-year career in the mining industry, Renee Grogan has battled hostile environments, arduous work conditions, and the perception that women don’t belong at a mine site—let alone in a ...

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) backed a key seabed mining application submitted by the company. ・Shares had already gained momentum Monday, snapping a four-session ...