Companies are preparing to move forward with seabed mining, but a method for gathering critical minerals from the seafloor ...

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On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to permit, for the first time, industrial mining of the ...

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

The Trump administration is preparing an historic executive order to reassert American leadership on the new mineral frontier ...

President Trump signed an executive order to boost the U.S. deep-sea mining industry for critical minerals. Supporters say ...

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Dozens of countries have called for a moratorium on seabed mining, and have urged restraint until an international authority ...

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The Trump administration is preparing an historic executive order to reassert American leadership on a new mineral frontier: the deep ocean floor ... Clarence-Clipperton Zone, a large area ...

WASHINGTON— President Trump signed an executive order today to fast-track a process that purports to allow U.S.-affiliated companies to mine the deep seabed in U.S. and international waters. The order ...