(In Papua New Guinea, reports recently emerged of illegal mining in its waters.) Other countries are still debating what to do. Since 2017, Norway has been considering the possibility of mining in ...

Norway has shelved plans to open a vast ocean area at the bottom of the Arctic for commercial-scale deep-sea mining. The decision, which was confirmed late Sunday, comes after the country's ...

One of the world's most active volcanoes spewed lava into the air for a second straight day on Tuesday. The eruption of ...

A small environmental party in Norway has halted the country's plans to start issuing deep-sea mining exploration permits in 2025. The leftwing SV party demanded the government scrap its first ...

Norway has paused its controversial project to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining. Oslo had planned to let companies apply to mine 280,000 sq km (108,000 sq miles) of its waters ...

"This is a crucial win in the fight against deep sea mining. It should be the nail in the coffin for the destructive industry," Frode Pleym, head of Greenpeace Norway, told Reuters. Oslo had plans ...

Norway's industrial production increased slightly in November after recovering sharply in the prior month, data from Statistics ...

Norway has suspended plans to start giving licences for deep-sea mining next year that had faced opposition from environment groups and international institutions, a party allied with the centre ...

Over the last decade and a half, deep-sea mining has captured worldwide attention as a potential source for minerals like manganese, nickel, and cobalt that are needed to make electric vehicle ...