Deep-sea mining companies face legal challenges if they proceed with plans to extract minerals from the ocean floor. The International Seabed Authority, responsible for regulations, warns that such ...

WASHINGTON(AP) — In the year since President Donald Trump signed an executive order promising to create a deep-sea mining industry from scratch, businesses have raised millions of dollars from ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vast tracts of the ocean floor are carpeted in polymetallic nodules, which contain high concentrations of in-demand critical ...