This is the midwater zone, a hidden ecosystem that begins 650 feet below the ocean surface and sustains life across our ...

Diplomats from more than 30 nations have criticized a proposal that could allow the start of seabed mining by 2027.

An abrupt announcement has rattled members of a little-known U.N. agency based in Jamaica that has protected deep ...

A special use permit will allow NCDOT to “use rock from Forest Service land and extract construction materials from the (Pigeon) river.” ...

A deep-sea mining company is turning to President Donald Trump to help it extract battery materials. The company that has ...

The study found clear evidence of long-term changes to the sediments, with an 8-meter (26.2 feet) section of seafloor cleared ...

Although many, such as Fiji and Palau, have called for a moratorium on mining, in Tonga and the Cook Islands Indigenous peoples are wrestling with the pressure to develop their economies and how doing ...

"It's the sound of money!" says a smiling Phillip Walton as he surveys the shipping container with 120 computers busily ...

Cleveland-Cliffs is temporarily laying off 630 workers as it idles two mines that supply iron ore to its steel mills in ...

Australian mining tycoon Andrew Forrest, founder and executive chairman of Fortescue, says Big Oil is getting it wrong on ...

Mining companies are busy extracting the mineral wealth from seven nickel concessions beneath this 22,400-hectare (55,350-acre) island, which is around half the size of New Orleans. Research by Forest ...

TORONTO, March 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — McEwen Mining Inc. (NYSE: MUX) (TSX: MUX) invites you to join our conference call following the release of our Q4 and year-end 2024 financial results ...