The international legal order is floundering. The geopolitical and resource policy priorities of the United States are ...

The International Seabed Authority has issued a statement following the announcement that deep-sea mining firm The Metals Co ...

As global demand for critical minerals intensifies — driven by the energy transition, technological innovation, and geopolitical competition ...

A Canadian company has announced that its U.S. subsidiary has submitted applications to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to mine the seafloor.

Dozens of countries have called for a moratorium on seabed mining, and have urged restraint until an international authority agrees on rules for the practice. By Max Bearak Global energy and ...

The head of the International Seabed Authority (ISA ... precedent that could destabilize the entire system of global ocean governance," she added. The ISA must both oversee any exploration ...

It marked an abrupt shift in strategy as it had initially indicated that it would submit its request to the International Seabed Authority in June, which has jurisdiction over the seabed in ...

The directive is vague on whether the U.S. will entirely sidestep the work of the U.N.-sanctioned International Seabed Authority ... overall stability of ocean governance.” ...