The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is considering a rule to allow for more mineral exploration and possible extraction on the outer continental shelf.

Prutehi Guåhan is planning to stage a protest against deep-sea mining on Thursday afternoon at Adelup, where representatives from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management were scheduled to meet ...

Japan is the biggest consumer of rare earths after China. Beijing dominates the supply chain for the strategic minerals, ...

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Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up regulations around extracting minerals offshore. That might soon change, as ...

The periodic table never looked so lucrative. These three mining stocks want to capture the upside.

“We are excited to welcome Mark Handin as a Strategic Advisor,” said James Deckelman, Chief Executive Officer of Deep Sea Minerals Corp. “Mark brings a skill set and experience base that are essential ...

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The rush to mine the deep ocean is no longer a distant possibility. It’s here, thanks to global demand for minerals like cobalt and nickel rising, meaning governments and corporations are eyeing the ...

The path to the world’s technological future could be found on the deep ocean floor. But that path may come at a high price. The debate centers on critical minerals embedded in rocks on the seabed.

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our ...

Workers disembark a research vessel in San Diego, Calif. in June 2021, that returned from the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean, where soil, water, and wildlife samples were obtained from ...