As demand for cobalt, nickel, and other critical minerals surges, governments and companies are eyeing the deep ocean floor.

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 ...

President Trump’s April executive order aims to accelerate U.S. deep-sea mining, stockpile critical minerals, and reduce reliance on China for rare earths and battery metals. Companies like TMC The ...

President Trump's recent move could be a huge boon for The Metals Company. TMC is a deep-sea mining company. It is diving into the Clarion Clipperton Zone area of the Pacific Ocean to explore and ...

Hundreds of animals were recently discovered at the bottom of the eastern Pacific, but that was before a deep-sea mining ...

The world’s oceans are on the brink of a major disaster if controversial plans to start deep sea mining in international waters go ahead as early as next year, an expert has warned. Dr. Sandor Mulsow, ...

An underwater gold rush may be on the horizon — or rather, a rush to mine the seafloor for manganese, nickel, cobalt and other minerals used in electric vehicles, solar panels and more. Meanwhile, ...

CEO of The Metals Company holds a nodule brought up from the sea floor. The company plans to mine the seafloor for these nodules in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean. Carolyn Cole / Los ...

Norway has closed the door to deep-sea mining in its waters until at least 2029, stopping an industry that had been on the ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to promote mining of the deep-sea floor, a controversial way to get critical minerals that are used in a wide range of electronics and other ...