The Trump administration is considering deep-sea mining for essential minerals. The ocean floor contains valuable resources like copper, cobalt, and more. However, deep-sea mining is fraught with ...

"Portugal Lawmakers Take Step Toward Deep-sea Mining Ban", 31 January 2025. ...Deep-sea mining has come to the forefront in ...

Gerard Barron told MINING.COM Devan Murugan that the new administration’s focus on domestic mineral production comes at the ...

And few places are as outlandish as the ocean deep. But deep-sea mining appears poised to get a boost from the incoming Trump administration, according to The Wall Street Journal. A string of ...

Expectations have then increased since Trump's administration has signalled greater suppor t for domestic mineral exploration ...

A flurry of criticism followed the article’s publication, including from the deep-sea mining company that funded the study, ...

If it adopts the measure, Portugal will become "the first European country to write into law a ban on such activity until ...

The imminent presidency of Donald Trump looks set to boost the fortunes of deep-sea-mining as support for harvesting the world’s ocean floors for critical minerals grows, both in Congress and ...

In October 2023, parliament approved a PAN bill imposing a moratorium on deep sea mining in Portuguese waters until 2050. But ...