This initiative may involve a draft executive order to expedite deep-sea mining applications in the Pacific Ocean and enhance domestic mineral processing, according to sources cited by the and .

Beijing officially confirmed the project on March 1, 2025. The research station, which is a deep-sea habitat will be built in methane-rich “cold seep” zones. The interesting part is that six ...

No country should bypass international laws to authorize resource exploration in the seabed, China’s foreign ministry said on Monday, following a report of US plans to stockpile deep-sea metals ...

April 12 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is drafting an executive order to enable the stockpiling of deep-sea metals to counter China's dominance in battery minerals and rare earth supply ...

The US plan to stockpile deep-sea minerals to "counter China's dominance" appears "panicked," as the move will not only disrupt global supply chains but also face unrealistic economic and ...

The Trump administration is drafting an executive order to enable stockpiling of deep-sea metals found on the Pacific Ocean seabed to counter China's dominance of battery minerals and rare earth ...

“I have been researching deep-sea squids, including the colossal, since the early 2000s, and I can say that this is honestly one of the most exciting observations that we’ve had across the ...

(Reuters) - The Trump administration is drafting an executive order to enable the stockpiling of deep-sea metals to counter China's dominance in battery minerals and rare earth supply chains, the ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - No country should bypass international laws to authorise resource exploration in the seabed, China's foreign ministry said on Monday, following a report of U.S. plans to stockpile ...

“It was beautiful, and unusual,” says Michelle Taylor, a deep-sea ecologist at University of Essex and leader of the Falkor (too)’s Ocean Census flagship expedition. Her team quickly beamed ...

The FT added that the stockpile is being seen as a piece of a broader effort to fast-track deep-sea mining applications and promote onshore processing capacity. In response to steep tariffs from ...