Japan Ocean-Mining Test Successfully Hauls Up Potentially Valuable Mud

It’s the latest twist in the controversial global race to mine the deep sea for rare-earth elements and other valuable ...

Japan’s unprecedented project could test the limits of deep-sea mining

Japan is spending five weeks mining the seafloor. It is a technological milestone — and a stress test for how nations balance ...

Japan recovers rare earth-bearing seabed sediment in deep-sea test

Japan said it successfully retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth elements, a test the government framed as a step ...

Japan retrieves rare earth mud from deep seabed in test mission

By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Japan's government said on Monday that it has successfully retrieved ...
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Japan hauls rare earth-rich mud from deep sea in bold test mission

Japan has pulled off a technical and geopolitical milestone, hauling rare earth-rich mud from the deep Pacific seabed in a ...
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Japan to test deep-sea rare-earth mining as China export curbs spark supply concerns

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan will start testing the possibility of mining the deep seabed for rare-earth elements as concerns grow over access to ...

Japan says rare earth found in sediment retrieved on deep-sea mission

Sediment containing rare earth was retrieved from ocean depths of 6,000 meters (about 20,000 feet) on a Japanese test mission ...