Conservation groups, including the National Wildlife Federation and Oceana, are calling for a moratorium on deep-sea mining ...

The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

U.S. District Judge Eric Komitee dismissed the lawsuit against TMC The Metals Co. on Friday, finding that the company hadn’t ...

The Metals Company (TMC) stock rose 10.8% on Monday after The Financial Times reported that aerospace firm Lockheed Martin is ...

Company received a major boost in April when Trump issued an executive order asserting America’s right to mine beneath the ...

Chinese oceanographers say information from Nasa satellites is indispensable for determining ‘distribution of mineral resources’.

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. On ...

President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order that supports deep sea mining in both United States and international ...

Key points The deep sea is one of Earth's most fragile and least understood environments.A group of scientists led by CSIRO ...

The United States, which is not a signatory to the UN convention or an ISA member, disrupted the painstaking process this ...

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) meets next week to continue debating rules for ocean floor mining in international ...