Japan will conduct test mining of rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres ...

Legal experts say deep-sea mining cannot start until the ISA agrees how profits from the global seabed would be shared.

Mining the ocean floor for submerged minerals is a little-known, experimental industry. But soon it will take place on the deep seabed, which belongs to everyone, according to international law.

As companies race to expand renewable energy and the batteries to store it, finding sufficient amounts of rare earth metals to build the technology is no easy feat. That’s leading mining companies to ...

The US just inched closer to endorsing a new kind of mining frontier: scraping metals from the deep ocean floor in ...

Protecting the deep sea's biodiversity and carbon storage before it's too late. © Naturepl.com / David Shale / WWF The deep sea is home to habitats and species found ...

New report, “In Too Deep: What We Know, And Don’t Know, About Deep Seabed Mining,” outlines likely impacts of deep seabed mining on ecosystems and biodiversity, and risks of allowing industry to ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Citizens of countries that sponsor deep-sea mining firms have written to several governments and the International Seabed Authority expressing ...

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A new publication on the impacts of deep-seabed mining by 13 prominent deep-sea biologists, led by University of Hawai'i at M?noa oceanography professor Craig Smith, seeks to dispel scientific ...

A government-backed trial will lift mineral-rich seabed mud to the surface as Tokyo seeks secure supplies beyond China.

Scott Shackelford is a principal investigator on grants from the Hewlett Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, National Science Foundation, and the Microsoft Corporation supporting both the ...