The Metals Company, which has been trying for years to exploit battery materials strewn across the ocean floor, announced ...

The ocean's deep-sea bed is scattered with ancient rocks, each about the size of a closed fist, called "polymetallic nodules.

ZHOVTI VODY, Ukraine (Reuters) - As Kyiv and Washington work on a deal that will give the U.S. a share of Ukraine's mineral ...

Deep-sea mining firm The Metals Co asked the Trump administration on Tuesday to approve its plans to mine the international ...

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Canada's The Metals Company said Tuesday it applied to the United States to mine deep-sea minerals in international waters, a ...

At a congressional hearing, one executive welcomed President Trump’s “starting gun” to begin mining. Democrats and ...

The Trump administration plans to significantly reduce environmental reviews before permitting drilling and mining projects ...

President Donald Trump issued a March executive order to increase American mineral production to protect national security.

Mere days after the Trump administration rolled out a controversial executive order directing the U.S. government to expedite ...

The Metals Company USA has submitted applications for a commercial recovery permit and two exploration licenses for seabed ...

Hopes that Donald Trump's executive orders will revive the coal industry have been tempered by the administration's cuts to mine safety programs.