By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is pressing ahead on Wednesday with an effort to ...

President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday issued a new rule to fast-track deep-sea mining in international waters, ...

In recent days, U.S. regulators finalized a new rule under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act that consolidates and streamlines the application process for deep-sea mineral exploration ...

NOAA has finalized a rule that will expedite the permit and license application process for deep seabed mining and allow ...

As Guam and the CNMI await the next steps in a potential federal push for deep-sea mining in the region, the Trump ...

Nearly 1,000 marine scientists and policy experts have similarly voiced their opposition. Even the surface of the moon is ...

NOAA’s new rules, which take effect immediately, consolidate applications into a single, shorter review period.

The Trump administration is pushing for deep-sea mining by fast-tracking permits, sparking environmental concerns. A rule by NOAA aims to streamline the process, as U.S. companies seek critical ...

China has successfully tested its first domestically developed robot capable of conducting three-dimensional drilling ...

Japan has embarked on a daring mission to explore rare earths from the deep sea, aiming to reduce its heavy reliance on China ...

The Trump administration is accelerating the permitting timeline for deep-seabed mining applications. The National Oceanic ...

US decision moves it closer to unilaterally launching the controversial mining industry, which environmentalists and ...