When you hear the name Alcatraz, you probably think of Alcatraz Island up San Francisco way. Or if you know something about ...

On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to permit, for the first time, industrial mining of the ...

President Trump signed an executive order to boost the U.S. deep-sea mining industry for critical minerals. Supporters say ...

President Trump signed an order Thursday aimed at making it easier for companies to mine the ocean floor. Scientists and ...

President Donald Trump thew into turmoil a global effort to limit mining in the deep sea, signing an order to open up international waters to excavation.

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...