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Since President Donald Trump signed an executive order to create a deep-sea mining industry, businesses have raised millions ...

The deep sea mining landscape has seen significant activity across multiple fronts in the first quarter of 2026. This briefing summarizes recent key developments at the international level and among ...

The rush to mine the deep ocean is no longer a distant possibility. It’s here, thanks to global demand for minerals like cobalt and nickel rising, meaning governments and corporations are eyeing the ...

The deep sea, the planet’s most expansive and least understood ecosystem, remains largely unexplored. Yet while the deep sea may seem a dark and distant space, events underwater directly impact our ...

This article examines thermal management challenges in deep mining operations, exploring how extreme heat affects worker ...

Deep-sea mining is the extraction of minerals from the seabed in the deep ocean. Most of the interest is in what are known as polymetallic nodules, which are potato-sized mineral deposits that have ...

Deep-sea mining promises critical minerals for the energy transition without the problems of mining on land. It also promises to bring wealth to developing nations. But the evidence suggests these ...