The mapping effort is being advanced under the U.S. Department of Commerce’s offshore critical minerals agenda and follows recent Executive Branch actions emphasizing the strategic importance of ...

When the United States recently escalated its confrontation with Venezuela—carrying out strikes in Caracas and capturing ...

Deep-sea mining is increasingly viewed as a potential source of critical minerals needed for the energy transition and advanced technologies, yet ...

The seabed of the Baltic Sea is scattered with rock-like lumps that could fuel the global race for rare metals. But new research suggests these formations, known as mineral concretions, are far more ...

Deep-sea mining targets mineral deposits on the ocean floor, typically at depths of 3,000–6,000 meters. Most attention focuses on polymetallic nodules—potato-sized rocks lying on abyssal plains—and on ...

Oceans shape everyday life in powerful ways. They cover 70% of the planet, carry 90% of global trade, and support millions of ...

A global race for critical rare earth minerals is reshaping geopolitics and national security as countries seek to diversify ...

As deep-sea mining accelerates to meet green tech demands, unresolved legal gaps, environmental risks, and ethical concerns highlight the urgent need for stronger global oversight and regulation. Deep ...

MT. PLEASANT, SC / ACCESS Newswire / January 27, 2026 / Deep Sea Rare Minerals, Inc. ("DSRM") today announced the planned expansion of its Board of Directors with the addition ...

A RECENT ARTICLE in The Economist asserted that President Donald Trump “is right to go after metals in the deep sea” and that the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the intergovernmental body ...

A recent study published in Journal of Marine Science and Engineering explored advanced path-planning and obstacle-avoidance strategies for deep-sea mining vehicles using an improved Rapidly-exploring ...