The offshore Sandpiper Project would be the world’s first commercial deep-sea phosphate mine.

By Ernest Scheyder HOUSTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Monday signaled it is nearing approval for ...

At least nine companies seek regulatory approval for deep-sea mining after Trump's executive order, with TMC targeting ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the year since President Donald Trump signed an executive order promising to create a deep-sea mining industry from scratch, businesses have raised millions of dollars from ...

Deep-sea mining companies will also face challenges around where to process the nodules. Despite Trump’s focus on trade independence, the U.S. currently has no major processing facilities for nickel, ...

The administration is also pursuing seabed mining in the waters of Alaska and Virginia. But residents of those states can ...