Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni has instructed enforcement agencies to carry out future crackdowns "firmly, ...

Japan will begin deep-sea rare earth exploration in the South Pacific as it moves to diversify supply chains amid tighter ...

A mining-machine test on the deep-ocean floor resulted in species diversity declining by roughly 32% in the tracks of the ...

Tokyo has begun a seabed mining trial near Minamitori Island as it seeks to cut reliance on Chinese rare earth supplies.

Tokyo set to make world’s first attempt to continuously lift rare-earth-rich mud from a depth of around 6,000m ...

The most transformative deep sea finding in a generation is not a single strange animal or a record-breaking trench, but ...

With just about a week remaining before the federal comment deadline, more Guam senators are publicly joining the island's ...

Today, after weeks of increased attention on the controversial proposal to open waters in the Marianas to deep seabed mining, ...

The International Seabed Authority — the United Nations body that regulates the world's ocean floor — is preparing to resume negotiations that could open the international seabed for mining, including ...

Protesters gathered at the ITC Building intersection in Tamuning on Monday to again oppose plans for deep-sea mining near the ...

A new report shows that noise from just one mine could travel more than 300 miles across the ocean. Noise pollution from proposed deep-sea mining could radiate through the ocean for hundreds of ...

Building everything necessary for fighting climate change is going require metal. There's plenty on the ocean floor. But extracting it is controversial because it involves deep sea mining. Building ...