Final rule would speed process companies must go through to receive exploration licenses and commercial recovery permit ...

WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Good afternoon and happy Tuesday, readers! It’s still a chilly day here at the nation’s capital and ...

A DW investigation traces the hidden financial web behind deep-sea mining — an industry scientists say remains poorly understood, yet capable of causing irreversible harm to oceans worldwide.

Industry leaders recently testified before a U.S. House of Representatives committee to discuss regulatory and statutory ...

Invisible clouds of sediment created by underwater mining spread for miles, putting ocean floor ecosystems at risk.

The Trump administration argues that opening America’s seafloor to deep-sea mining is essential for strengthening our economy and securing our energy future.

While the Trump administration frames deep-sea mining as a ‘core national security and economic interest,’ dozens of ...

The question of rare earths is less about scarcity than about choices among pathways to sustainability. Energy transitions do ...

A Trump administration push to begin deep-sea mining is gathering momentum — and stirring alarm in United States Pacific territories.

The Metals Company allegedly used 'armageddon' threats to hijack a U.S. application to mine critical minerals in the Pacific ...

Recently, a European research team, through the analysis of data collected from an industrial trial, discovered that deep-sea mining leads to a sharp ...

On January 21, 2026, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”) published a final rule consolidating the ...