The Trump administration is preparing an historic executive order to reassert American leadership on the new mineral frontier ...

The measure directs the Commerce Department to speed up reviewing and issuing permits for exploration and commercial recovery ...

The administration moves to sidestep U.N. body governing the ocean floor and the harvesting of minerals and metals in ...

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to permit, for the first time, industrial mining of the ...

US push to approve deep-sea mining in domestic and international waters "violates international law" after a White House order to ramp up permits.

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

“Deep-sea mining is really unnecessary ... came from the chimney-like opening of a hydrothermal vent that gushes metal-rich fluid, leading to a buildup of minerals around the vent.

In late March, The Metals Company, a Canadian deep-sea mining firm, announced that it ... Hein thinks The Metal Company’s move “might give them [the ISA] a little kick in that direction.” ...

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