At least nine firms chase seabed access after April 2025 order
TMC’s 1980 Act filing is in public comment; commercial nodules are targeted for end of 2027.
12 September 2026 · Crypto Briefing
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Suits target NMFS sign-off on Marianas and Guam lease sales
Lease sales are planned for Dec. 16 in the Marianas and in November for American Samoa.
11 Sept · Pacific Daily News
Allseas takes on Schilling hybrid-electric heavy-duty ROVs
The eHD vehicles are rated to 6,000 metres water depth.
11 Sept · Ocean Mining News
NOAA finds nodule field off American Samoa
Nodules about 15 centimetres across turned up on two dives still under way until 17 September.
10 Sept · Samoa Observer
Labour backs Aotearoa seabed mining ban, not sand dredging
Rachel Boyack told Kiwis Against Seabed Mining the party will amend EEZ law; this is a spokesperson letter, not enacted statute.
9 Sept · Scoop
Labour backs a seabed mining ban in Aotearoa
Rachel Boyack told Kiwis Against Seabed Mining the stance on 9 September 2026.
9 Sept · Scoop
House members demand open comment on Pacific seabed lease sales
Proposed leasing notices for waters off American Samoa and the CNMI were published starting July 17, 2026.
6 Sept · Sierra Sun Times
Rules panel blocks Guam seabed carve-out from mining bill
H.R. 1501 passed the House on Wednesday without Moylan’s amendment.
5 Sept · The Guam Daily Post
House members press Interior for 90-day mining-lease comments
A Friday letter to Secretary Doug Burgum seeks public comment on two federal-water proposals.
4 Sept · Bloomberg Law
US and New Zealand fund Penrhyn port
Mark Brown, Winston Peters and Christopher Landau signed in Palau on September 1.
1 Sept · oceanmining.news
BOEM posts American Samoa lease notice
A CRS In Focus dated August 28, 2026 records BOEM’s July 17 proposed leasing notice for two American Samoa OCS tracts, with a sale date of November 19, 2026.
28 Aug · congress.gov
Modeled Eureka III sediment dump far below Patania II field numbers
DHI Water and Environment’s October 2024 work for BGR put Eureka III at about 46 kilograms an hour, not a field measurement.
27 Aug · Ocean Mining News
Lease sales pressed despite a 15-year feasibility warning
This fall, 31 million acres near American Samoa and 69 million acres near the Mariana Islands’ outer continental shelves are slated for auction.
26 Aug · americanprogress.org
Marianas mining EIS waits until after leases
The proposed PACM-2 leasing notice arrived three months earlier than the timetable previously given Congress.
25 Aug · postguam.com
Deep Sea Vision contracted for Japan EEZ seabed survey
The Eco Minerals subsidiary signed with Deep Reach Technology, Inc. on 25 August 2026.
25 Aug · Ocean Mining News
ISA secretary-general rejects the U.S. path
Forbes, dated August 24, 2026, quotes ISA Secretary-General Leticia Reis de Carvalho calling the U.S. executive order a source of specific concern after NOAA posted TMC’s 65,000-square-kilometer bid.
24 Aug · forbes.com
Eureka II docks itself for ocean recovery
Impossible Metals ran a two-week autonomous capture test off Halifax, Nova Scotia.
24 Aug · Ocean Mining News
Guam and Marianas officials resist 28m-hectare lease auction
The Marine Mineral Administration, under the US department of the interior, released the proposal on Tuesday.
23 Aug · The Guardian
NOAA posts live DSHMRA application docket
Last updated 08/19/26, the page lists Lockheed Martin Corporation’s USA-1 and USA-4 licenses from 1984 and names The Metals Company USA among current applications.
19 Aug · oceanservice.noaa.gov
NOAA opens TMC USA seabed application to comment
A 60-day Federal Register window runs through October 19, 2026.
19 Aug · noaa.gov
Federal Register posts TMC USA-A mining application
NOAA found the packet information-compliant on April 28, 2026; publication is notice, not a licence.
19 Aug · investors.metals.co
NOAA posts TMC USA-A mining application
Federal Register publication followed a full-compliance finding on April 28, 2026.
19 Aug · investors.metals.co
Federal Register posts TMC USA-A bid
The consolidated application lifts the proposed commercial recovery area from ~25,000 to ~65,000 km2, with an estimated 619 million tonnes of wet nodules.
19 Aug · finance.yahoo.com
BOEM floats Marianas mineral sale for December
Comments from the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are due to the bureau by October 19, 2026.
18 Aug · federalregister.gov
Interior proposes Mariana seabed lease sale
The US Interior Department on Monday proposed a sale this year of deep-sea mining leases covering about 67-million acres of seabed east and west of the Northern Mariana Islands, with the auction set for December 16.
18 Aug · miningweekly.com
Proposed CNMI seabed lease notice published
A Notice of Availability is scheduled in the Federal Register on August 18.
17 Aug · gcaptain.com
NOAA starts EIS process for TMC USA-B exploration bid
A Federal Register Notice of Intent followed May 26, 2026 certification of the application.
17 Aug · The Metals Company
Six African states back a seabed mining pause
Mauritius, Mozambique and the Republic of the Congo announced at the July ISA meeting in Kingston.
13 Aug · news.mongabay.com
China’s mining paper scores a talent gap
Frontiers in Marine Science published on August 13, 2026 a China University of Geosciences study arguing ISA again failed to adopt a Mining Code while China leads resources but lags rule-literate staff.
13 Aug · frontiersin.org
Glomar targets nodule processing this presidential term
UKSR’s two UK-sponsored exploration contracts cover about 133,000 sq. km in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone.
7 Aug · mining.com
NOAA moves DSHMRA filings while ISA July session stalls
Nelson Mullins records NOAA certification of TMC USA’s consolidated application after full compliance in May 2026, with remaining review including a draft Environmental Impact Statement expected to conclude by the first quarter of 2027.
6 Aug · nelsonmullins.com
ISA Assembly closes without a Mining Code deadline
At the close of the 31st Assembly of the International Seabed Authority on 3 August 2026, WWF counted 46 member states backing a precautionary pause or moratorium.
3 Aug · wwf.panda.org
ISA Assembly closes 31st session with intersessional work on unilateral mining
On 31 July 2026 the Assembly decided to continue intersessional work, facilitated by Malta, on a possible ITLOS advisory opinion.
31 Jul · enb.iisd.org
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