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 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 ...

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 ...

In order to ethically mine the sea floor, there must be extensive testing to exhaustively prove that the impact to species and ecosystems is minimal and reversible.

Finding and disposing of mines lurking on the sea floor is dangerous and difficult work. The US Navy wants robotic crawlers ...

Because deep sea mining is a relatively new field, ... "When I heard in 2005 that people were serious about wanting to mine hydrothermal vents, I just laughed," said Van Dover.

Not long after sea mines were developed, a ship was invented to defend against them. Here's everything you need to know about the U.S. Navy's minesweepers.

The US Navy used an MH-60S helicopter-mounted laser system to scan and detect underwater mine-like targets during the ongoing multi-national Rim of the Pacific exercise, marking the first ...

An extraordinary account of the impact space weather had on military operations in Vietnam in 1972 was found buried in the US Navy archives, according to a newly published article in Space Weather..

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 ...