In an effort to bolster supply chains for essential minerals, the United States is looking toward deep-sea mining, and TMC is leading the charge.

It's been choppy waters for TMC The Metals Company ( TMC 3.53%) recently. While shares of the deep-sea mining company have ...

Proponents say they want to dredge the seafloor for metals needed for clean technology. Indigenous Pacific Islanders call it a threat to life, culture, and the ocean itself.

By Jackie Dragon At 7:45 a.m. one recent January day in American Samoa, a delegation from Greenpeace and Pacific Island ...

With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The Trump administration is forging ahead on its own, speeding up environmental ...

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our ...

Researchers identified 24 new creatures and an entire superfamily of species in the Pacific, all while NOAA moves to ...

Deep-sea mining firm Glomar Minerals and Australia's Cobalt Blue Holdings said on Monday they plan to build a U.S. ‌refinery ...

After sitting on the sidelines for nearly 30 years, the United States is preparing to dive into deep-sea mining. While the U.S. has long deferred to laws established by the U.N. Convention on the Law ...

Scientists launch a global mission to explore 10,000 deep ocean locations and uncover unseen marine life and ecosystems ...