And sometime after 2025, what we’re mining on land will be insufficient. We’ll have to look at the seafloor.” For the present time, however, America’s approach to undersea mining looks to ...

Previously, scientists thought only microbes and viruses could live beneath the seafloor crust where tectonic plates meet.

The world's first seafloor massive sulfide mining project contract has been signed between Nautilus Minerals Inc, a mining company with headquarters in Canada and Tongling Nonferrous metals group ...

A Canadian mining startup says metal-rich rocks on the seafloor can help power the switch away from fossil fuels. Critics say mining them could cause serious ecological destruction, but no one ...

Growing demand for metals and minerals doesn’t have to cost the Earth. Alternative solutions already exist – a combination of innovation, recycling and repair can satisfy industries’ need for raw ...

The prospect of seafloor mining troubles many people So, how should the increased mining be done? And where should it be done? These are not easy questions. Consider the rumpus presently about ...

Less than 30% of Japan’s EEZ is shallower than 2,000m, the maximum depth reached in previous seafloor mining projects. “Technology capable of surveying at depths of 6,000m would allow us to ...

Sweetman first made the unexpected observation that “dark” oxygen was being produced on the seafloor while assessing marine biodiversity in an area that’s earmarked for mining potato-size ...

Several mining companies have plans to collect these ... this in 2013 - an enormous amount of oxygen being produced at the seafloor in complete darkness,” explains lead researcher Prof Andrew ...

MEXICO CITY— The Hidden Gem, the world’s largest vessel dedicated specifically to mining the seafloor for minerals, is staging its first mining operation. It will depart Wednesday from the Mexican ...

Dark oxygen, found 13,100 feet deep, defies predictions, enabling life in oxygen-depleted zones. Its discovery reshapes ...