Japan’s Nikkei business daily reported that the mission aims to extract 35 tonnes of mud from the sea floor over around three weeks. Each tonne is expected to contain around two kilograms (4.4 pounds) ...

TOKYO -- Japan will extract rare earth minerals from an offshore deposit in a first-of-its-kind pilot project that will begin ...

China's deep-sea drilling plan to pierce the Earth’s crust. The Chinese deep-sea drilling ship Meng Xiang. Xinhua. View 11 Images 1 / 11. Drill hoist gear. Xinhua.

China's first homegrown deep-water drilling rig was put into use in the South China Sea at 9: 38 a.m. on Wednesday, marking "a substantial step" made by the country's deep-sea oil industry.

Elephants and their relatives evolved in a previously unappreciated way. A new study has used sediment cores from deep-sea drilling and ancient human fossils to help track the changes in elephant ...

Deep-sea scientific drilling is the process of retrieving cores, cylindrical tubes about 2.5 inches in diameter of both soft sediment and solid rock, from the material that makes up the ocean floor.

A new report by the Deep Sea Mining Campaign and MiningWatch Canada examines the potential risks of seabed mining operations targeting polymetallic nodules: rock concretions that harbor minerals ...

It's said that the best time to invest is when there's blood in the streets, and in recent quarters, few industries have been bloodier than deep-sea drilling.

Deep-sea mining in international waters is currently illegal, ... It’s very possible that companies could begin drilling in the deep ocean before U.N. member countries have a chance to stop them.

European coastal nations have agreed to review rules for offshore drilling, but said each country should decide individually on how to improve safety on oil rigs to avoid disasters like the Gulf of ...