Pacific nation Kiribati says it is exploring a deep-sea mining partnership with China, dangling access to a vast patch of ...

Pacific nation Kiribati says it is exploring a deep-sea mining partnership with China, dangling access to a vast patch of ...

Campaigner says The Metals Company’s loss of a third of its exploration area is sign of a stuttering industry.

Beijing has been ramping up efforts to court ... Under incumbent President Taneti Maamau it severed diplomatic links with Taiwan in 2019, forming deeper ties to China. Chinese companies have ...

25 that landed in the Pacific Ocean, which Beijing said was for weapons testing ... where all four candidates are from incumbent Taneti Maamau’s Tobwaan Kiribati Party. Opposition leader Tessie ...

Beijing has been ramping up efforts to court Pacific nations sitting on lucrative seafloor deposits of cobalt, nickel and copper -- recently inking a cooperation deal with Cook Islands.

Campaigner says The Metals Company's loss of a third of its exploration area is sign of a stuttering industry.