deep sea mining

The leader of one of the most aggressive seabed mining startups spent years invoking global warming to spark interest in extracting avocado-sized rocks rich in

The Department of the Interior has announced new policy measures to accelerate the exploration and development of offshore critical minerals essential for the

The Department of the Interior has initiated its first offshore mineral lease evaluation in over 30 years, focusing on waters near American Samoa with the the

The Department of Interior has initiated its first mineral lease sale evaluation in over 30 years, targeting deep-sea critical minerals in waters offshore

By Todd Woody May 1, 2025 (Bloomberg) –President Donald Trump first set his sights on Canada and Greenland’s mineral resources. Now

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at boosting the deep-sea mining industry, marking his latest attempt to boost U.S. access

By Subrat Patnaik Apr 12, 2025 (Bloomberg) –US President Donald Trump’s administration is planning an executive order to allow the stockpiling of

By Todd Woody Mar 29 (Bloomberg) -International regulators on Friday condemned a seabed mining company’s move to circumvent their authority by seeking

By Todd Woody Aug 4, 2024(Bloomberg) –A Brazilian oceanographer has been elected the next secretary-general of the International Seabed Authority,

(Bloomberg) — The Pacific island nation of Kiribati is tiny, with just 120,000 residents scattered across 32 tropical atolls, but it’s playing an

By Todd Woody (Bloomberg) — The secretary-general of the International Seabed Authority is set to run for a third term leading the United

By Danielle Bochove (Bloomberg) –The US extended its claims on the ocean floor by an area twice the size of California, securing rights to

by James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) When I was a Ph.D. student at Tufts University almost 40 years ago, I focused on the law of the sea. I was fascinated

OSLO, Sept 20 (Reuters) – Norway’s second-largest listed oil and gas company, Aker BP, said it would consider applying for licenses to mine

By Todd Woody (Bloomberg) –Researchers have released the first tally of deep ocean animals that inhabit the seabed targeted for strip mining,

Global shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk is reportedly selling its stake in The Metals Company (TMC), a leading deep-sea mining firm, as the legal process to

By Todd Woody (Bloomberg) A United Nations-affiliated organization is expected to start accepting applications this summer from companies looking to mine

(Reuters) – The International Seabed Authority will start accepting applications in July from companies that want to mine the ocean’s floor, a

By Todd Woody (Bloomberg) — A growing number of countries are calling to delay plans to strip-mine the seabed for metals to make electric car

By Todd Woody (Bloomberg) –An agreement reached this month on the language of a landmark United Nations treaty to preserve marine biodiversity