A pair of California rappellers were rescued after they became stranded in a steep 250-foot-deep mine shaft. The two young ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at increasing the controversial practice of deep-sea mining ...

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

The deep mine shafts encased in granite are ideal for research into the secrets of the stars. As an artist in residence at SURF last year, Two Bulls felt a connection to its depths but a ...

Five thousand meters beneath the Pacific Ocean is a deep-sea mining hotbed and a swarm of odd creatures that need protecting.

NEW DELHI – A new study has found that deep-sea mining conducted more than 40 years ago in the Pacific Ocean continues to affect marine ecosystems, raising concerns over its lasting ...

Like the US, China also has ambitions to mine the ocean floor, and according to reports, is poised to lead the “race to the bottom”. As for the minerals found onshore, Trump signed an ...

A handful of firms are waiting for Norway to issue the first deep sea mining licenses. File photo of deep-sea mining protestors. Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard/ AFP Companies are raring to explore the ...

The industry has already suffered a false start. Norway's parliament had voted massively in favour of deep-sea mining, experts had concluded there were significant resources to be extracted ...

A Canadian deep-sea mining pioneer, The Metals Company, is charting a new course to land the controversial extraction practice's first commercial contract -- by appealing to US President Donald Trump.