There is a lot of good news taking shape around The Mining Company, which is focused on building a deep-sea mining business.

Conservationists say retrieving mineral-rich rocks will destroy sea life. Environmental studies show conflicting results.

The United States and Japan have agreed to work together on deep-sea mining, but there's still a lot of work to be done.

The deal reflects a push to secure critical minerals as AOMC builds a deep-sea portfolio spanning billions of tonnes of ...

By Ernest Scheyder April 8 (Reuters) - A deep-sea mining firm led by former Rio Tinto CEO Tom Albanese will merge with Odyssey Marine Exploration in a $1 billion all-stock deal aimed at building one ...

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Global negotiations over the future of the deep sea are underway this week in Kingston, Jamaica where member states of the International Seabed Authority have gathered to continue shaping a regulatory ...

The deep-sea mining gamble is no financial miracle. Rather, it is a sinking investment that is quite literally costing the earth for minerals we don’t need. The Metals Company’s recent application to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 13,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, a more-than-70- ton machine trundled like a tank on its caterpillar ...

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our ...