The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is initiating a public comment period to assess interest in potential lease sales for offshore minerals mining in federal waters off Alaska. This move, supported by the Trump administration, aims to bolster domestic supply chains and resource leadership, but faces opposition from environmental groups concerned about ecological damage.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Trump administration is floating the idea of mining the seafloor off Alaska ’s coast, according to Yereth Rosen with the The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said Tuesday it will soon release a formal “call for information” about possible sales of leases for minerals mining in federal waters off Alaska .
The call for information will kick off a 30-day public comment period allowing industry to express interest in such a lease sale. “Alaska’s offshore holds strategic potential for the minerals that drive American industry, defense and next-generation technologies,” Matt Giacona, BOEM’s acting director, said in a. “This Request for Information is a practical first step to gauge interest and identify areas where development could make sense for jobs, investment and national supply chains.” The push for offshore minerals mining “supports the Trump Administration’s focus on strengthening domestic supply chains and advancing American energy and resource leadership,” the BOEM statement said.Some parts of Alaska’s Outer Continental Shelf are relatively shallow, but some are deep enough to fit the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s. But that type of mining can be controversial. There is widespread opposition in the Nome area to a proposal to expand underwater mining, and DNR last yearThe idea of underwater mining in federal waters drew quick opposition from environmentalists. “This step toward offshore mining shows that the Trump administration only sees Alaska’s vibrant seafloor as an extraction zone for corporate profit,” Cooper Freeman, Alaska director at the Center for Biological Diversity, said in a statement. “The health and vitality of Alaskan coastal communities are deeply tied to a healthy ocean. Destroying the seafloor by mining puts the entire marine food web in grave danger, from walruses and bearded seals to crab and halibut.” That, in turn, threatens Alaska traditions and economies, he said. Becca Robbins Gisclair, Ocean Conservancy’s senior director of Arctic and northern waters, also issued a statement. “This proposal targets the very waters that make Alaska’s fisheries world class. Deep-sea mining in the proposed areas – many of which are protected habitat – should not even be on the table. We cannot trade Alaska’s food, cultures and economy for the new and risky endeavor of deep-sea mining, which we know threatens species both on the seafloor and throughout the water column,” she said in the statement. There are international implications, Gisclair added. “Deep-sea mining in the Central Arctic Ocean is unprecedented and unworkable. This would be the starting gun for an international scramble to exploit this pristine sea. Deep sea-mining is a losing proposition for Alaska, America and the world,” she said.. The agency last year issued requests for information on underwater mining in those areas. The comment periods have now expired.“For the life that grows on and around areas targeted for deep-sea mining, the resulting destruction will be comprehensive and irreversible. The deep sea is Earth’s least understood ecosystem—with new species discovered every year—and it is also among its most fragile,” said But a California-based company called Impossible Metals said BOEM should proceed with a lease sale off American Samoa. “The United States sits atop an estimated billion‑ton reserve of polymetallic nodules that can underwrite a century of industrial leadership, yet today those resources lie fallow while China races to secure global supply,” said the company’s July 16, 2025, comment letter.Change in PFD payout introduced by governor in constitutional amendmentTwo people arrested in Ester $500K burglary, armed suspect still on the loose Priest who worked with Alex Pretti: ‘Don’t pay any attention to the vilification from our national leaders’Watch out: Scammers are using real tax company names to steal your money, BBB saysSon of Toksook Bay Tribal judge arrested after alleged Tribal Officer kidnapping at gunpointSon of Toksook Bay Tribal judge arrested after alleged Tribal Officer kidnapping at gunpoint
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