Trump’s Push For Deep-Sea Metals Clashes With UN Ocean Treaty
By Todd Woody May 1, 2025 (Bloomberg) –President Donald Trump first set his sights on Canada and Greenland’s mineral resources. Now
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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
Norwegian deep-sea mining company Loke Marine Minerals has acquired the deep-sea mineral business UK Seabed Resources (UKSR), which holds 100% interest in two
Feb 9 (Reuters) – Canadian officials on Thursday said they would not allow mining in its domestic ocean seabeds, citing a lack of legal
By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO, Jan 27 (Reuters) – A Norwegian study has found a “substantial” amount metals and minerals ranging from
by Scott Shackelford, (Indiana University) As companies race to expand renewable energy and the batteries to store it, finding sufficient amounts of rare earth
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