Transocean: A Long-Term Structural Play On Deepsea Drilling Revival

Transocean is positioned as a structural beneficiary of a secular offshore drilling upcycle, driven by deep supply-demand imbalances. See why RIG stock is a Buy.
New Atlas

China's deep-sea drilling plan to pierce the Earth’s crust

Described as China's first domestically designed and built deep-ocean drilling vessel, it was officially commissioned in Guangzhou on November 17, 2024 and after it completes fitting out and sea ...

Guam objects to Trump administration plan to allow deep-sea mining in western Pacific

The Trump administration wants to allow deep-sea mining for critical minerals near the American territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Residents are worried about environmental impacts.
KRQE Blogs

Scientists have been drilling into the ocean floor for 50 years

(THE CONVERSATION) It’s stunning but true that we know more about the surface of the moon than about the Earth’s ocean floor. Much of what we do know has come from scientific ocean drilling – the ...
Texas Public Radio

Countries are negotiating rules to mine the deep sea. The U.S. is pushing ahead alone

With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The ...
Roll Call

NOAA speeds up process to grant deep-sea mining permits

The Trump administration, with the support of many congressional Republicans, is looking to boost deep-sea mining as a way to counter Chinese dominance of critical minerals supply chains. The National ...
中国日报网

Deep sea needs down-to-earth scientific research

An aerial drone photo taken on March 26, 2025 shows reefs in China's Huangyan Island area in the South China Sea. [Photo/Xinhua] On April 7, 2021, nearly 2,000 meters beneath the South China Sea, ...
Mother Jones

Japan Embarks on a Deep-Sea Mining Experiment With Unknown Consequences

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The year 2010 was a reckoning for Japan’s economic security. On September 7, the ...
WTEN

Deep-sea mining risks disrupting the marine food web, study warns

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our ...
Mongabay

With deep-sea mining plans in limbo, Norwegian companies fold or dig in

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Norway’s plans to mine seabed minerals in Arctic waters remain in limbo after the first licensing round was delayed in December 2024. However, the ...
Morningstar

Deep Sea Rare Minerals, Inc. Receives NOAA Determination of "Substantial Compliance" Advancing Exploration License Application Process

MT. PLEASANT, SC / ACCESS Newswire / January 8, 2026 / Deep Sea Rare Minerals, Inc. (DSRM) announced today that it has received written notice of substantial compliance for its exploration license ...