The Trump administration is accelerating the permitting timeline for deep-seabed mining applications. The National Oceanic ...
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Scientists find hundreds of new Pacific species as deep sea mining looms
Far below the waves of the Pacific, scientists are uncovering a riot of life just as industrial machines line up to scrape ...
Certain areas of the deep seabed beyond national jurisdiction are rich in deposits of polymetallic nodules, which contain concentrations of ...
On January 21, 2026, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”) published a final rule consolidating the ...
A 1,000-tonne ship is exploring the far-flung South Pacific for riches buried beneath the waves, spearheading efforts to dredge the tropical waters for industrial deep-sea mining. But plans to mine ...
NOAA has finalized a rule that will expedite the permit and license application process for deep seabed mining and allow ...
Japan is accelerating a decade-old plan to extract rare earths from the deep seabed, an ambitious initiative given extra impetus by the country’s drive to cut reliance on Chinese supply.
In the global race for critical minerals, one little-known international agency has long held the keys to a potential motherlode — vast quantities of metals located on the remote seafloor. The ...
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