Japan's lucrative $26 billion deep-sea find could be rendered worthless after a technological breakthrough. A survey by The Nippon Foundation and the University of Tokyo found a field of dense ...

China's grip on the mineral supply chain is no secret. In recent years, Beijing has used its minerals as an economic engine ...

America is taking on China in the race to the bottom of the sea, hoping that new mining techniques will help break Beijing’s ...

The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

While rich mineral deposits promise centuries of supply, critics argue Japan’s deep-ocean venture risks an irreversible ‘race to the bottom’.

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science ...

In the twentieth century, oil and its accessibility were one of the greatest geopolitical advantages a nation could have. Oil ...

Shares of TMC the metals company Inc (NASDAQ:TMC) fell 3.3% on Monday after a blistering critique by short seller Iceberg ...

The initiative, led by a government-backed project, aims to reduce reliance on imports and strengthen national security.

Japan plans to begin pioneering test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed in January next year, the head of the government-backed project told ...

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 miles) southeast of ...

Japan will try to mine the seabed in its Exclusive Economic Zone. Like the United States, India and Australia, Japan wants to ...