President Trump signed an executive order to boost the U.S. deep-sea mining industry for critical minerals. Supporters say ...

California-based company Impossible Metals asked the Trump administration earlier this month to auction off mining leases for ...

The Trump administration hoped that mining critical minerals could boost U.S. GDP by $300 billion over 10 years and create ...

Dozens of countries have called for a moratorium on seabed mining, and have urged restraint until an international authority ...

Environmental groups are decrying an executive order signed by President Donald Trump to expedite deep-sea mining for ores ...

On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to permit, for the first time, industrial mining of the ...

An executive order will unleash a global oceanbed mining boom ...

Trump has signed an executive order aimed at accelerating U.S. deep-sea mining activities, but China says this "violates" ...

President Donald Trump wants federal agencies to fast-track applications for deep-sea mining in an effort to make the United ...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order intended to accelerate offshore mining and open new opportunities for extracting critical materials from the ocean floor despite the objections of ...

President Trump signed an executive order aimed at making it easier for companies to mine the ocean floor. Scientists and environmentalists worry it could harm an ecosystem we don't know much about.

Trump wants an expedited permitting process in place for deep sea mining in 60 days. Advocates say the ocean should be protected, not extracted.