China’s deep-sea mining deal with the Cook Islands risks leaving the United States behind in critical minerals essential for energy, defense, and tech.

Indian mining and cement companies have sought technical assistance from Dutch shipbuilder Royal IHC to prepare bids for deep ...

Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by "sound science" and built on consensus, the head of the ...

They fed approximately 450 tonnes of calcine into an electric-arc furnace, producing high-grade nickel-copper-cobalt alloy and manganese silicate. “Successfully converting nodules into high ...

Deep-sea mining in international waters involves taking minerals like nickel, cobalt and copper -- crucial for ... wants to begin mining polymetallic nodules in the Pacific as soon as 2026 ...

mandates a Defense Department feasibility study on refining polymetallic nodule-derived intermediates to high-purity nickel, copper, and cobalt productsThe study, to be led by the Industrial Base ...

Companies hope to earn billions by scraping the ocean floor for polymetallic rocks, or nodules, that are loaded with manganese, cobalt, copper and nickel — metals used to build batteries for electric ...

Several countries united with campaign groups on Monday to call for caution in regulating the divisive practice of deep-sea ...

Companies hope to earn billions by scraping the ocean floor for polymetallic rocks, or nodules, that are loaded with manganese, cobalt, copper and nickel – metals used to build batteries for ...

Pacific nation Kiribati says it is exploring a deep-sea mining partnership with China, dangling access to a vast patch of ...