US President Donald Trump's move to sidestep global regulations and begin pushing for seabed mining in international waters could pose a wider threat of competing countries claiming sovereignty over t ...

Bitcoin hit a new all-time high as the world’s most popular cryptocurrency reached price levels not seen since President ...

The Trump administration says it will consider selling leases to extract minerals from the seabed off the South Pacific ...

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 ...

Jamaica-based International Seabed Authority (ISA)) was sent into a full-blown tizzy by the notion that the United States would dare to mine the seabed without its permission. The ISA maintains ...

The initiative thrusts an agency known for regulating U.S. oceans and fisheries into a potential diplomatic row with the International Seabed Authority. President Donald Trump’s assertion that ...

The Metals Company's US subsidiary has applied to NOAA for deep-sea mining permits, bypassing the International Seabed Authority and sparking international controversy. This move, enabled by a ...

It marked an abrupt shift in strategy as it had initially indicated that it would submit its request to the International Seabed Authority in June, which has jurisdiction over the seabed in ...