A push to extract minerals from the depths of the Pacific Ocean is gaining momentum. Here is how it works and why it has ...

President Donald Trump had issued an executive order to jump-start the nascent deep-sea mining industry three months earlier.

The Trump administration announced this past week that it has entered talks with the Cook Islands to research and develop seabed mineral resources. The Polynesian archipelago is one of only a handful ...

Along the industry-laden Gulf Coast, a new type of extractive industry is taking shape. Two deep-sea mining companies recently applied for US permits to mine minerals from the seabed, both in US ...