Emerging commercial technologies can enable mining operations on Earth, the seabed, and the Moon, reducing America's ...

Deep seabed mining is already controversial because of inherent environmental and biodiversity risks. A new study shows that ...

People living in the Pacific nation are divided on whether to push ahead with deep-sea mining for polymetallic nodules.

China should shore up alliances with pro-seabed mining countries to control and extract the wealth of critical resources in ...

These blocks lie within India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), extending 200 nautical miles into the sea. Of the 13 blocks, ...

UK’s underwater industry, including offshore energy, aquaculture, defence, telecoms and seabed minerals, supports over 51,000 ...

Local councillors have opposed seabed mining in the South Taranaki Bight and applauded an impassioned first-term councillor ...

This discrepancy arises because deep seabed minerals don't belong to any jurisdiction and thus cannot be similarly taxed. To obtain exploration licenses for deep seabed mining, UNCLOS requires ...

It cuts out the voices of those that have inherent connection to the marine area and some of those that are most ...

Local environmental groups are urging the government to conduct a comprehensive survey to determine public support for seabed ...

This remote atoll allows Japan to claim an EEZ encompassing nearly 429,000 sq km (166,000 square miles) of surrounding waters ...