Certain areas of the deep seabed beyond national jurisdiction are rich in deposits of polymetallic nodules, which contain concentrations of ...

Here are three mining companies you'll want to keep an eye on this year.

TMC is a deep-sea mining company that has exploratory rights for a deposit of critical minerals in the Pacific Ocean. The company recently became the first to submit an application under NOAA's newly ...

A team of scientists announced Tuesday they have developed new deep-sea landers specifically to test their contentious discovery that metallic rocks at the bottom of the ocean are producing "dark ...

The UK government may have broken the law by approving the transfer of two deep-sea mining licences for exploration of mineral-rich seabed in the Pacific Ocean to an “opaque” company with ties to a US ...

The FY25 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has initiated a feasibility study by the Defense Department to explore the potential for refining polymetallic nodule-derived materials into ...

As part of TMC’s pilot-scale nodule processing, SGS and TMC produced the world's first nickel sulfate from deep-seafloor polymetallic nodules, indicating TMC’s resource is suitable for battery markets ...

TMC and PAMCO successfully produced calcine from a 2,000-tonne sample of nodules collected during TMC subsidiary Nauru Ocean Resources Inc.’s 2022 test mining, at PAMCO’s Hachinohe Rotary Kiln ...

The Metals Company has large potential in deep-sea mining of polymetallic nodules, which is crucial for the electrification transition, with minimal environmental impact compared to traditional mining ...

Invisible clouds of sediment created by underwater mining spread for miles, putting ocean floor ecosystems at risk.