Install
Please confirm you are human
This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.
A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.
News
Companies respond to Trump's call for deep-sea mining ventures
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (407+ words) At least nine firms are chasing regulatory approval to extract critical minerals from the ocean floor, but environmental opposition and legal battles loom large The Metals Company, trading as TMC, has positioned itself at the front of the pack. The…...
Why We Don’t Need to Mine the Deep Sea
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (204+ words) As tech changes, better solutions are emerging Several companies are trying to win approval to mine the deep sea – an untested endeavor that could wipe out marine habitats we don’t even understand yet. These corporate mining ventures are market grabs,…...
The Pacific Is Ground Zero for Deep-Sea Mining
1+ week, 3+ day ago (151+ words) Commentary by Kathryn Paik and John Augé Published September 3, 2026 While the existence of minerals on the seabed floor has been well known for years, technological advances and increased urgency over securing essential minerals have given the topic renewed prominence in…...
A Kidney Transplant, Ignored Advice, and a President’s Surprise Pick to Run a $160 Billion Pacific Island Mine
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1681+ words) A Pacific island’s president bypassed an official selection process when he chose an Indian company to reopen a multi-billion dollar mine. He told OCCRP the firm’s managing director offered to pay for his wife's kidney transplant but insisted it had…...
Eco Minerals, Inc. Subsidiary Deep Sea Vision Enters into Deep-Sea Environmental Survey Contract with Deep Reach Technology
2+ week, 5+ day ago (232+ words) The Daily Corinthian Deep Sea Vision to provide integrated AUV and offshore survey services supporting an environmental impact assessment in Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone CHARLESTON, SC / ACCESS Newswire / August 25, 2026 / Eco Minerals, Inc. ("Eco Minerals" or the "Company"), a U.S.-based company…...
EDITORIAL: Do studies before mining seafloor
2+ week, 5+ day ago (236+ words) COURTESY OF NOAA/OFFICE OF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES / 2010 A great diversity of fish can be found at Pearl and Hermes Atoll in Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. The first sale, concerning U.S.-controlled seabed lands off the coast of American Samoa, is…...
DEEP SEA MINERALS CORP. TO ATTEND DIB ACCELERATOR 2026 IN PHILADELPHIA
2+ week, 6+ day ago (161+ words) Deep Sea Minerals' participation reflects the Company's continued focus on the growing strategic importance of secure and resilient supplies of critical minerals to the United States. Critical minerals, including copper, nickel, cobalt and manganese, are important inputs across advanced manufacturing,…...
Unregulated Deep-Sea Mining Threatens Pacific Ocean Ecosystems
2+ week, 6+ day ago (256+ words) A new Lowy Institute report warns that commercial deep-sea mining in the Pacific could begin by 2027 without international environmental protections. A silent, high-stakes race for the seabed's critical minerals is accelerating across the Pacific Ocean, driven by a fierce geopolitical…...
Fault lines beneath the Blue Pacific: Deep-sea mining and the future of Pacific unity
4+ week, 1+ day ago (303+ words) Commercial extraction may arrive as early as 2027, but without a rulebook — Australia must enter the fray. Fault lines beneath the Blue Pacific: Deep-sea mining and the future of Pacific unity Research by, + 1 other Connor Graham is a Research Fellow in…...