The Metals Company, a prominent seabed-mining company, applauded the change and filed a new application more than doubling ...
Final rule would speed process companies must go through to receive exploration licenses and commercial recovery permit ...
The survey will take place in an area of 30,000 square miles being considered for mining that is adjacent to the Rose Atoll ...
Invisible clouds of sediment created by underwater mining spread for miles, putting ocean floor ecosystems at risk.
Among the investors are some of the world's largest financial institutions-- including Deutsche Bank, UBS, Credit Suisse, Credit Agricole and BNP Paribas-- according to DW's analysis of company ...
On January 21, 2026, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) published a final rule revising its regulations governing deep ...
While the Trump administration frames deep-sea mining as a ‘core national security and economic interest,’ dozens of ...
President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday issued a new rule to fast-track deep-sea mining in international waters, ...
Industry leaders recently testified before a U.S. House of Representatives committee to discuss regulatory and statutory ...
Seabed mining could become one of the defining environmental battles of 2025. Around the world, governments are weighing up whether to allow mining of the ocean floor for metal ores and minerals. New ...
The Trump administration is accelerating the permitting timeline for deep-seabed mining applications. The National Oceanic ...
A Trump administration push to begin deep-sea mining is gathering momentum — and stirring alarm in United States Pacific territories.