Huge tracts of Pacific Ocean seabed are carpeted in polymetallic nodules, bulbous lumps of rock that are rich in metals used in battery production
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The Metals Company is pushing to be the first to mine these nodules in international waters
Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and sharks, a major piec…
The Metals Company CEO Gerard Barron says the Canadian company will "no doubt" be the first to extract coveted minerals in the open sea
The head of submarine mining pioneer The Metals Company told AFP he had "no doubt" the Canadian firm would be the first to to extract coveted …
A carnivorous sponge near the nodule-strewn seabed of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone
Graphic showing the three different types of seabed zones being explored for potential mining.
A 'mount-building' shrimp in the CCZ
In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners -- and huge numbers of strange and …