"The thing that people have missed is that there is zero chance that this will not happen," Gerard Barron, CEO of The Metals ...

President Donald Trump is trying to fast track a brand new, highly controversial industry – mining critical minerals in the deep sea.

Deep-sea mining’s rise raises urgent legal, ethical, and environmental questions as demand for critical minerals grows in the ...

The deep-sea mining gamble holds no financial miracle. Rather, it is a sinking investment that is quite literally costing the ...

The deep-sea mining debate pits those who stress the national security aspect and the need to wean the United States off from ...

“We want the U.S. to get ahead of China in this resource space under the ocean ... of miles west of Mexico subject to deep-sea mining tests in 1979 has yet to recover ecologically and ...

There is currently no commercial deep-sea mining happening anywhere in the world, though companies have been pushing for years. They appear to have found a new champion in Trump. In April ...

Nothing could be harder, except maybe going into space." Deep-sea organisms often make use of mineral nodules to anchor themselves on the sea floor. Ocean conservation groups argue that mining the ...

Under the order, which seeks to challenge China’s stronghold on critical minerals, the Commerce, State, and Interior departments will coordinate a plan to expand deep-sea mining by mapping ...

President Trump signed an executive order to boost the U.S. deep-sea mining industry for critical minerals. Supporters say deep-sea mining could boost the U.S. economy and reduce reliance on land ...

A second administration official added the Trump administration wants “the US to get ahead of China on this resource space ... No commercial deep sea mining has started anywhere.