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 ...

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.

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

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.

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

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 ...

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

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

In the world of small-cap gems with incredible long-term upside, readers are well aware that I’m very bullish on The Metals ...

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 ...