Japan said Monday it has successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals from the seabed near a remote island, as the country seeks to reduce its reliance on China.
Sediment containing rare earth was retrieved from ocean depths of 6,000 metres (about 20,000 feet) on a Japanese test mission ...
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Japan's government said on Monday that it has successfully retrieved ...
Japan said it successfully retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth elements, a test the government framed as a step ...
Japan has pulled off a technical and geopolitical milestone, hauling rare earth-rich mud from the deep Pacific seabed in a ...
It’s the latest twist in the controversial global race to mine the deep sea for rare-earth elements and other valuable ...
Japan is accelerating a decade-old plan to extract rare earths from the deep seabed, an ambitious initiative given extra ...
Japan has taken a new step toward securing critical minerals from the ocean floor.
China has approved several rare earth exports to Japan despite tighter controls, easing immediate supply concerns while ...
The mission marked the world’s first attempt to tap deep-sea rare earths at such an extreme depth, according to Japanese authorities, News.Az ...
On September 7, the Chinese fishing trawler Minjinyu 5179 refused an order by Japan’s coast guard to leave disputed waters ...
The mission was the world's first bid to tap deep sea rare earths at such a depth, the government said, as Japan seeks to ...