A European country has opened its first gold mine in a decade - estimated to contain up to £74 million worth of the precious ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners—and huge numbers ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners -- and ... an CIA ...

Environmentalists said the presence of dark oxygen showed just how little is known about life at these extreme depths, and ...

Campaigner says The Metals Company's loss of a third of its exploration area is sign of a stuttering industry.

More than a year after Panama’s Supreme Court halted operations at a huge copper mine because its government concession was ...

Close to 170 member states and the European Union gathered in Jamaica on 17 March 2025, for a two-week-long negotiation on ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The proposed deep-sea mining rules are contentious due to conflicting interests between resource extraction and environmental protection. The International ...

Deep-sea mining in international waters involves taking minerals like nickel, cobalt and copper — crucial for renewable energy technology — from the sea floor. But researchers and ...

Days before the court’s ruling, the Congress had also passed a moratorium on metal mining in Panama. The road to Cobre Panamá now is peppered with signs calling for its reopening. At its peak ...