A new study finds that deep-sea mining waste in the ocean’s twilight zone could disrupt food webs and starve midwater ...

Scientists have discovered that deep-sea mining plumes can strip vital nutrition from the ocean’s twilight zone, replacing natural food with nutrient-poor sediment. The resulting “junk food” effect ...

A Chinese research vessel docked in the Cook Islands Saturday as it probed the Pacific nation's deep-sea mining potential, a ...

China has field-tested an intelligent robotic mining vehicle at a depth of 2,000 meters (6,561 feet) in the western Pacific Ocean.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended activities at a Chinese-operated mining site in the south of the resource-rich country after a spill, mines minister Louis Watum Kabamba said late on ...

The twilight zone hosts a diversity of life - including tiny krill, fish, squid, octopus and gelatinous species such as ...

American Samoa faces a triple threat of climate change, industrial fishing and a rising push for deep-sea mining -- forces ...

New industry-backed research shows how waste from deep-sea mining could have far-reaching effects on fish and their food.

Scientists caution that unchecked mining could disrupt ocean food webs from the depths to dinner plates worldwide.

The project has permits and infrastructure in place, major equipment on site and is backed by a fully funded capital ...

Critical minerals company Electra Battery Materials has restarted construction of its cobalt sulphate refinery in Ontario ...

On October 28, 2025, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sent a draft rule to the Office of Management and Budget’s Office ...