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 …
Polymetallic nodules and an abyssal urchin
Infographic showing the three different types of seabed zones being explored for potential mining
Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight?
Shane Jones (L), now New Zealand's resources minister, poses with then prime minister Jacinda Ardern (R) and then governor-general Dame Patsy …
New Zealand is considering withdrawing its support for an international ban on deep-sea mining, the country's resources minister told AFP on T…