For decades, there’s been a de facto ban on commercial seabed mining by the International Seabed Authority, a UN-affiliated organization that has overseen regulations. Many countries around the ...

The filing is expected to spark a complex legal battle since the Jamaica-based International Seabed Authority, a U.N. agency that regulates international deep-sea waters, has the power to ...

The executive order will help private deep-sea mining companies to access mineral-rich nodules on the sea floor.

The order comes despite the United States not being a member of the International Seabed Authority, the global body overseeing deep-sea mining. “Fast-tracking deep-sea mining is an environmental ...

Industrial mining the seabed has long been an idea but has yet to become a reality. For decades, there’s been a de facto ban on commercial seabed mining by the International Seabed Authority, a ...