For more than a decade, The Metals Company has poured millions of dollars into researching and developing technology for mining seafloors at extreme depths, funding scientific studies to evaluate the ...

TMC the metals company Inc. recently signed a Contract for Development Work and Commercial Production with Allseas to build and operate what it describes as the first commercial deep-sea polymetallic ...

The agreement covers the design, construction, and operation of a large-scale system for recovering polymetallic nodules from the ocean floor. ・Allseas will fund a significant portion of development ...

TMC the metals (NasdaqGS:TMC) has signed a development and commercial production deal with Allseas for what is described as the first commercial deep sea nodule collection system. The agreement ...

A growing number of countries are calling to halt mining on the ocean floor. The topic will take center stage at thi annual assembly of the International Seabed Authority, which governs seabed mining.

The International Seabed Authority is holding an election for secretary general on Friday. The vote is a microcosm of a broader debate pitting conservationists against the mining industry. Get the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Diva Amon and Craig Smith, ...

As delegates from member states of the International Seabed Authority entered the third and final week of high-stakes negotiations on deep-sea mining, they condemned a move made earlier this year by ...

NOAA deems application compliant under federal law, advancing timeline toward potential seabed mining permit by early 2027.

Deep-sea mining hopeful advances commercial plans with offshore production system targeting 3M tonnes annually.

Efforts to extract the metals used in car batteries have been pushed off amid pressure from environmentalists and nations that oppose them. By Eric Lipton The start of industrial-scale seabed mining ...

A little-known organisation is meeting this week in a conference centre in Jamaica. The rules the International Seabed Authority (ISA) are drafting could have immense impact. That’s because this ...