The Trump administration is preparing an historic executive order to reassert American leadership on the new mineral frontier ...

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. BERGEN ...

Why might the U.S. be interested in deep-sea mining, and what are the environmental risks? Here's what you need to know.

In the global race for critical minerals, one little-known international agency has long held the keys to a potential motherlode — vast quantities of metals located on the remote seafloor.

Trump's deep-sea mining order is likely to stipulate that the U.S. aims to exercise its rights to extract critical minerals ...

Now, though, one mining firm says it plans to move forward — with or without that rulebook in place. The Metals Company, a Canadian startup, says it will seek approval this year to launch the world's ...

A suspected Russian sea mine with a 480kg payload has washed up on the shore of a Turkish holiday resort. The device was spotted at Agva, about three-and-a-half hours drive from the capital Istanbul.

America’s only rare earths mine has fielded calls from anxious companies since China responded to President Donald Trump's ...

The Metals Company said it would apply for permits under a 1980 U.S. law, after President Trump signed an executive order calling for an increase in U.S. mineral production.