Asteroid mining has moved from science fiction pitch decks into serious technical studies, but the gap between concept and ...

The potential ecological consequences of deep-sea mining gained attention recently after a team of European researchers, through collecting data from an industrial trial, reported a sharp reduction in ...

A new study reveals that 59,000 kilometers, or nearly 37,000 miles, of tropical rivers have been damaged by mining, based on 7 million measurements taken from satellite images spanning four decades.

Lithium is a key material to help power phones, laptops and electric vehicles. The demand for it has increased by about 8.9 percent annually, per the Harvard International Review, and will likely ...

Mining in the shallow waters of the continental shelf is seen as more sustainable than deep-sea mining, but goes against global goals on sustainability and conservation, a new study says. There are ...

The study is thought to be the largest yet into the impacts of deep-sea mining mining on seafloor animals. By contributor Rebecca Speare-Cole, Press Association Sustainability Reporter Published Dec 5 ...