On January 21, 2026, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) published a final rule revising its regulations governing deep ...

The Trump administration is accelerating the permitting timeline for deep-seabed mining applications. The National Oceanic ...

Final rule establishes a consolidated application and review process for exploration licenses and commercial recovery permits under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (DSHMRA) Updated ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has begun talks with the Cook Islands for research on seabed mineral exploration and development, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday. The Cook Islands ...

China has successfully tested its first domestically developed robot capable of conducting three-dimensional drilling ...

In recent days, U.S. regulators finalized a new rule under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act that consolidates and ...

Application is the first consolidated exploration license and commercial recovery permit application submitted under NOAA’s new consolidated ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Canadian company announced Tuesday that its U.S. subsidiary submitted applications to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to mine the seafloor, sparking ...

US President Donald Trump has signed an Executive Order to expedite the exploration and development of seabed minerals. The order mandates rapid development of US capabilities in the exploration, ...

In other developments, Congress moves to preserve funding for the NIH, and NOAA issues a final rule on deep seabed mining ...

Since taking office on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump has issued a slew of executive orders and other directives aimed at expediting certain land use authorizations and approvals on ...

The ABMLs will collect in situ environmental data to help build long-term datasets on benthic ecosystems in the region. An array of sensors will continuously collect data critical to understanding the ...