Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Diva Amon and Craig Smith, ...

A combination of federal intervention and rising energy demand have stalled coal’s decline, but experts see little hope of a lasting revival.

A deep-sea mining test shows ecosystem damage can begin immediately, with more than one-third of seafloor animals lost in a single pass.

DPM Metals Inc. (TSX: DPM, ASX: DPM)(ARBN: 689370894) ('DPM” or 'the Company”) is pleased to announce an update to the ...

For more than three decades, one of the country’s largest gold deposits lay dormant, its pits filling with water and its name ...

Invisible clouds of sediment created by underwater mining spread for miles, putting ocean floor ecosystems at risk.

Deep-sea mining is threatening vital marine life in the ocean’s “twilight zone,” reveals new research. The findings raise "urgent concerns" about long-lasting effects if large-scale commercial mining ...

Milford Mining Company is celebrating a landmark year of unprecedented progress and achievement. The mine had been mothballed for five years, so revitalizing it was not an easy task. Yet, since ...

Deep-sea mining is the extraction of minerals from the seabed in the deep ocean. Most of the interest is in what are known as polymetallic nodules, which are potato-sized mineral deposits that have ...

A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Diva Amon and Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at Mānoa Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it ...