Climate change is intensifying, sea levels are rising and the very existence of low-lying Pacific Islands is under threat.

The reports and Stefanik’s nomination coincide with the International Seabed Authority’s (ISA) ongoing work towards the final version of a Mining Code to govern deep-sea mining, expected to be ...

People living in the Pacific nation are divided on whether to push ahead with deep-sea mining for polymetallic nodules.

Which microbes thrive below us in darkness -- in gold mines, in aquifers, in deep boreholes in the seafloor -- and how do they compare to the microbiomes that envelop the Earth's surfaces, on land and ...

For eight years a Chinese mining company has been vastly expanding inside an endangered World Heritage Site, accused by ...

Sea mines, or naval mines as some call them, are self-contained bombs placed into the water to destroy or disable both submarines and surface ships. Like antipersonnel or anti-tank mines ...

which is relatively high compared with most other gold mines around the world. Chinese scientists have uncovered a "supergiant" deposit of high-quality gold ore hidden near some of the country's ...

Against all odds, Ukraine has gained the initiative in the Black Sea. But a silent threat under the waves is poised to long ...

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the russians have been mining the Black Sea waters, and it is unknown how many sea mines may be drifting there now. The Navy admits that their number ...

Norway will not proceed with plans to conduct deep-sea mining, the SV party which supports the minority centre-left government said on Sunday, after it concluded negotiations over next year's ...

[but] the underinvestment in Nevada Gold Mines prior to the JV consolidation in 2019, combined with the post-pandemic inflationary environment has presented GOLD with significant challenges," CBIC ...