U.S. President Trump’s order comes less than a month after the Vancouver-based Metals Company said it was seeking U.S.

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

Environmental groups are decrying an executive order signed by President Donald Trump to expedite deep-sea mining for ores ...

President Donald Trump wants federal agencies to fast-track applications for deep-sea mining in an effort to make the United ...

The administration moves to sidestep U.N. body governing the ocean floor and the harvesting of minerals and metals in ...

Any country can allow deep-sea mining in its own territorial waters, roughly up to 200 nautical miles from shore, and ...

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

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

The order seeks to expedite permits in coastal waters of the US, while working will allies to share international resources.

The first 2025 activation of the Mine Countermeasures Group in the Black Sea (MCM Black Sea) was completed on April 16 under Bulgarian command, marking a new step in regional naval cooperation between ...

The Barracuda is a 26-pound, 48-inch-long anti-mine device housed in a tube the size of an A-size sonobuoy tube. When launched, the device is propelled by four small water jets that take the device to ...