Leticia Carvalho heads a global authority that’s been struggling to set rules for a decade. President Trump’s aggressive push on ocean mining makes her task more urgent.

The resolution, drawn up by 3rd District Supervisor Justin Cummings, states that “deep-sea mining remains an unproven, ...

The Trump administration's top offshore energy agency announced Monday that would cut its review time for deep-sea mineral ...

The Metals CompanyTMC shares tacked on further gains on Friday, a day after the undersea mining company said it filed a new permit application under an expedited process finalized on Wednesday by the ...

More than 2 miles deep in the Pacific Ocean and hundreds of miles off the coast between Mexico and Hawaii, trillions of lumpy, potato-sized, metal-rich nuggets lie scattered across the seafloor, a ...

Prutehi Guåhan is planning to stage a protest against deep-sea mining on Thursday afternoon at Adelup, where representatives from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management were scheduled to meet ...

AHEAD of a US congressional hearing on deep-sea mining this week, President Donald Trump issued an executive order enabling US companies and subsidiaries to apply for licenses to mine the seabed in ...

Acting Gov. Joshua Tenorio on Wednesday said he will seek explanation on proposed regulatory changes that could speed up deep-sea mining lease reviews and reduce consultations with impacted ...

Deep-sea mining may irreparably harm ocean ecosystems before we even have a chance to fully study its impacts. That's one reason the Center has taken a lead role against deep-sea mining. We're ...

So-called polymetallic nodules like those seen in this 2016 photograph from Japan are at the heart of the race to mine ocean floors for valuable minerals and metals ...