The US defense giant holds two licenses in the mineral-rich Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the eastern Pacific ocean.

Trump fast-tracks seabed mining to counter China, igniting global legal, environmental, and economic concerns. The Metals Company leads US push into deep ocean.

Early on, Canada-based The Metals Company cast the rocks it seeks to mine from the deep seafloor as a crucial resource for ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin The Trump administration has also moved to fast-track seabed mining in international waters following ...

Investors bought Lockheed Martin stock after Israel attacked Iran. The ceasefire seems to have prompted selling. Stock markets rallied Tuesday as a ceasefire between Israel and Iran appeared to be ...

Lockheed Martin will lay off 10% of its Greenville, SC workforce due to the U.S. Air Force not renewing an F-16 maintenance contract. The layoffs, impacting up to 180 jobs, are a result of cost ...

Lockheed Martin booked a $250 million contract modification to produce the F-35 aircraft's logistics information system and components.

Whales and dolphins, including endangered sperm whales, inhabit a deep Pacific zone targeted for seabed mining. Scientists warn that noise and sediment from mining could disrupt their behavior and ...

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1 900 km southeast of Tokyo, in January next year, the head of the government-backed project ...

Deep-sea mining in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean could harm ocean life including whales and dolphins, new research shows.

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 miles) southeast of Tokyo, in January next year, the head of the ...