You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to industry and modern technology – everything from cellphones to fighter jets.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As international regulations for deep-sea mineral extraction near completion, Congress is recognizing the strategic role ...

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up regulations around extracting minerals offshore. That might soon change, as ...

As the world keeps transitioning toward an electric future, the need for critical minerals such as copper, cobalt and nickel is increasing. However, as the demand for minerals soars, the challenges ...

The U.S. government is planning to auction off massive sections of water surrounding American Samoa for potential deep-sea ...

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They might look like pebbles strewn across the seafloor, but to the unique animals of the ocean deep, polymetallic nodules are a crucial habitat. To the mining firms vying to extract them, on the ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. An international organization missed an important deadline this month to decide whether or not to ...

A new report from the Deep Sea Mining Campaign says a threat tied to seabed mining has gone almost entirely unexamined: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mechanical claw holds a polymetallic nodule, one of several seafloor sources of critical minerals. ROV-Team/GEOMAR via Wikimedia ...

A collector vehicle about to be deployed for deep sea mineral collection from The Metals Company's ship, Hidden Gem. (The Metals Company photo). As international regulations for deep-sea mineral ...