Humanity has only explored 0.001% of the deep sea, according to a May 2025 study.Getty Images Reporter The Trump Administration signed an executive order late last month aiming to fast-track ...

There is growing alarm over climate and ecological risks of deep-sea mining, even as companies like Impossible Metals develops a mining robot intended to work on the seabed of the Pacific.

There is currently no commercial deep-sea mining happening anywhere in the world, though companies have been pushing for years. They appear to have found a new champion in Trump.

A recent executive order from U.S. President Donald Trump to invest in deep sea mining operations could have dire environmental consequences, according to a northern Ontario mining expert.

These are still early days. Current thinking is that the deep sea could supply some of the metals powering modern technological innovations, including those in the green energy transition. However ...

Deep-sea mining concerns the extraction of minerals from the ocean floor at depths of 200 metres or more. While it has never been done, several companies, including Vancouver-based Metals Co. Inc., ...

For more than a decade, delegates from the United Nations-affiliated International Seabed Authority (ISA) have been negotiating regulations to allow deep-sea mining as required by a 1982 UN treaty.

Cue outrage from environmentalists keen to protect the unique organisms that live in the CCZ at almost any cost. They observe that the deep sea is one of the last places on the planet not yet ...

There's no evidence that deep-sea mining would prevent terrestrial mining. It's likely that both will occur, causing double destruction, rather than one taking the place of the other.

Trump signs EO boosting deep-sea mining industry in latest attempt to combat rival China. The order seeks to expedite permits in coastal waters of the US, while working will allies to share ...

Shares of The Metals Company (Nasdaq: TMC) surged 22% on Wednesday amid growing anticipation of support for deep sea mining under the incoming Trump administration. Last month, the House of ...