Edward Poolos, who had served as deputy commissioner of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR), has been appoint…
So-called polymetallic nodules like those seen in this 2016 photograph from Japan are at the heart of the race to mine ocean floors for valuab…
In a world hungry for crucial resources, China may not be poised to start deep-sea mining but it is planting seeds for such operations in a me…
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System and the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will present a workshop on how to de…
A Canadian deep-sea mining pioneer, The Metals Company, is charting a new course to land the controversial extraction practice's first commerc…
Pacific nation Kiribati says it is exploring a deep-sea mining partnership with China
Under incumbent President Taneti Maamau, Kiribati severed diplomatic links with Taiwan in 2019, forming deeper ties to China
Pacific nation Kiribati says it is exploring a deep-sea mining partnership with China, dangling access to a vast patch of Pacific Ocean harbou…
Polymetallic nodules grow with the help of microbes over millions of years around a kernel of organic matter, such as a shark's tooth or the e…