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Do Articles 137 and 139 of UNCLOS establish a universal legal regime for all seabed mineral activities, irrespective of the regulatory framework they operate under? In a new piece of analysis published in the Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea (NCLOS)’s blog, legal experts note that what would be non-compliant for a State Party to UNCLOS does not apply to activities of American companies operating under longstanding U.S. law, as the U.S. is not a party to the Treaty. “A final point should be made regarding the implications of Article 139 for participation in projects licensed under a US domestic regime. Article 139 speaks of an obligation to “ensure” compliance with UNCLOS. Since UNCLOS binds its States Parties, the obligation to ensure compliance arises only where compliance with UNCLOS is legally in issue. The US is not a party to UNCLOS. Its conduct, as such, cannot be characterized as non-compliant with UNCLOS, because UNCLOS does not apply to it as a treaty matter. Accordingly, even if Article 139 were given the wider interpretation discussed above, and extended to all nationals and all forms of participation, involvement in exploration or exploitation programmes licensed by a non-party would not present […] The post Legal Experts: What Articles 137 and 139 of UNCLOS Do—and What They Do Not—Regulate appeared first on The Metals Company.

Publication provides public notice of TMC USA’s consolidated exploration and commercial recovery application for TMC USA-A Submitted earlier this year, the consolidated application covers areas previously applied for in April 2025 and increases the proposed commercial recovery area from ~25,000 to

The publication of a Notice of Intent (“NOI”) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) represents a key milestone in the transparent regulatory approval process for TMC USA’s USA-B exploration license application The USA-B application area covers ~122,000 km 2  of seafloor containing an

NEW YORK, Aug. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TMC the metals company Inc. (Nasdaq: TMC) (“TMC” or “the Company”), a leading developer of the world’s largest resource of critical metals essential to energy, defense, manufacturing and infrastructure, today provided a corporate update and second quarter

NEW YORK, Aug. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TMC the metals company Inc. (Nasdaq: TMC) (“TMC” or the “Company”), a leading developer of the world’s largest estimated undeveloped resource of critical metals essential to energy, defense, manufacturing and infrastructure, today announced that it will

In the first contentious decisions issued by the Seabed Disputes Chamber under Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (“UNCLOS”), judges ruled unanimously to prescribe provisional measures to protect the rights of TMC’s subsidiaries, NORI and TOML, in their proceedings

Certification represents a key milestone in the regulatory approval process for TMC USA’s exploration license application The Company’s USA B application area covers ~122,000 km 2 of seafloor containing an estimated 1.02 billion tonnes of polymetallic nodules with high grades of nickel, cobalt,

NEW YORK, May 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TMC the metals company Inc. (Nasdaq: TMC) (“TMC” or “the Company”), a leading developer of the world’s largest resource of critical metals essential to energy, defense, manufacturing and infrastructure, today provided a corporate update and first quarter

Allseas, a global leader in offshore pipeline installation, heavy lift and subsea construction, will complete the development of and operate the first commercial nodule collection system The commercial system will have a nameplate production capacity of 3.0 million wet tonnes per annum with the

NEW YORK, May 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TMC the metals company Inc. (Nasdaq: TMC) (“TMC” or the “Company”), a leading developer of the world’s largest estimated undeveloped resource of critical metals essential to energy, defense, manufacturing and infrastructure, today announced that it will