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

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 ...

New research highlights significant ecological risks from deep-sea mining, intensifying global debate over whether securing ...

Gerard Barron, CEO of The Metals Company, sports a shaggy mop of hair, a rakish beard and a leather bomber jacket with a palm-sized, poly-metallic nodule in its pocket. Aside from setting off metal ...

A troupe of environmental activists descended on Rotterdam, Netherlands, last month for an evocative demonstration. Dressed as jellyfish, sea anemones, and “fisher folk,” protestors from the advocacy ...

A coalition of four organizations has submitted a petition with more than 1,000 signatures from Guam and the Commonwealth of ...

For more than a decade, The Metals Company has poured millions of dollars into researching and developing technology for ...

OPINION: The lack of proven commercially viable ores, the immaturity of crust mining technology and the potential to harm ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Noise pollution from proposed deep-sea mining could radiate through the ocean for ...

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 ...