If the U.S. wants to secure critical minerals it should invest in mining and processing facilities on home soil rather than the seafloor.

The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote ...

But at sea, a new mine could drift into the same spot the next day, he said. Modern naval mines are generally triggered in two ways — a magnetic trigger, or a pressure-sensitive one, he said ...

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, companies are telling regulators they plan to move ahead, whether or not ...

Companies want to deep sea mine — even without a rulebook Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals.

Exercise Sea Breeze 25-2, a mine countermeasure exercise focused on the Black Sea, started Monday in Portland, England, the ...

The Metals Company, a Canadian startup, says it will seek approval this year to launch the world's first deep-sea mine in the eastern Pacific Ocean, by working with one of the few countries that ...

The Black Sea faces a long-term danger from naval mines in the Russia-Ukraine war. Ships have struck drifting mines in the last two years as Ukraine struggled to clear shipping routes.

The Metals Company, a startup based in Vancouver, British Columbia, claims it's ready to launch the world's first deep-sea mine in the eastern Pacific Ocean. That poses a challenge for ISA ...

In 2022, The Metals Company completed a field test of this system in the Clarion Clipperton Zone, which the firm deemed successful. Now, the company wants permission to begin commercial production.

The Black Sea faces a long-term danger from naval mines in the Russia-Ukraine war. Ships have struck drifting mines in the last two years as Ukraine struggled to clear shipping routes. But even ...