A Vancouver-based mining company is looking to sidestep the international agency charged with regulating mining in ...

By Kristine Sabillo The International Seabed Authority has expressed concern following reports that the U.S. subsidiary of ...

The head of the deep sea mining frontrunner has written a scathing letter addressing the International Seabed Authority after ...

Trump's deep-sea mining order is likely to stipulate that the U.S. aims to exercise its rights to extract critical minerals ...

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a ...

Diplomats from more than 30 nations have criticized a proposal that could allow the start of seabed mining by 2027.

Vancouver, Canada-based seabed mining company The Metals Company (TMC) has announced that it is collaborating with the Trump ...

An abrupt announcement has rattled members of a little-known U.N. agency based in Jamaica that has protected deep ...

Head of United Nations seabed authority warns unilateral action would violate international law and undermine multilateral ...

The White House considers an executive order to fast-track deep-sea mining permits, bypassing the UN review. This effort aims ...

Mining companies and the Trump administration want the metals to boost manufacturing. Environmentalists and some countries ...

“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...