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A stress-test of The Metals Company's own figures finds deep-sea mining destroys value in most scenarios and could cost ...

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Undersea experts question the viability of deep-sea mining for critical minerals, fearing the only winners will be early investors and the companies selling the machinery.

You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to industry and modern technology – everything from cellphones to fighter jets.

Deep-sea mining poses significant risks for a vital, hidden part of the ocean. That's the message from a new University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa study, the first to truly look at the impact of mining waste ...

The world’s oceans are on the brink of a major disaster if controversial plans to start deep sea mining in international waters go ahead as early as next year, an expert has warned. Dr. Sandor Mulsow, ...

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up regulations around extracting minerals offshore. That might soon change, as ...

Deep-sea mining in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean could harm ocean life including whales and dolphins, new research shows. The Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) of the Eastern Pacific is a vast area ...

Any deep-ocean seabed operation is an expensive proposition, as research vessel operators and offshore drilling companies are ...

The Metals Company's CEO downplayed deep sea mining's risks as "picking up rocks" at New York Times Climate Forward event ...