When Solomon Kahoʻohalahala arrived in Jamaica in mid-March to attend a meeting of the International Seabed Authority, he ...

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.

Diplomats from more than 30 nations have criticized a proposal that could allow the start of seabed mining by 2027.

Denmark is procuring a large number of sea mines to strengthen the defence of the inland Danish waters and contribute to ...

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, ...

A seabed mining company has asked the Trump administration for approval to harvest the ocean floor for critical metals in ...

The Metals Company, a Canadian startup, says it will seek approval this year to launch the world's first deep-sea mine in the eastern Pacific Ocean, by working with one of the few countries that ...

The Metals Company, a startup based in Vancouver, British Columbia, claims it's ready to launch the world's first deep-sea mine in the eastern Pacific Ocean. That poses a challenge for ISA ...

Denmark has bought hundreds of sea mines to protect its waters amid increasing concerns over the threat posed by Russia. The nation, which is in a key geographic location, is purchasing several ...

Negotiators are hammering out rules to govern mining on the ocean floor, where critical metals are found in deposits called polymetallic nodules. Here, ferromanganese nodules in the North Atlantic.

Thefirst new mine-countermeasures vessel (MCMV) destined for the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) under the Belgian/Netherlands ...