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Japan hauls rare earth-rich mud from deep sea

Japan boosts deep-sea mining plan to cut rare-earth reliance

Japan is accelerating a decade-old plan to extract rare earths from the deep seabed, an ambitious initiative given extra impetus by the country’s drive to cut reliance on Chinese supply.

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Japan retrieves rare earth-rich mud from seabed to lower reliance on China

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

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Deep-sea mining machines could erase seafloor life in hours

A deep-sea mining test shows ecosystem damage can begin immediately, with more than one-third of seafloor animals lost in a single pass.

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Rare earth mining expands into Laos, threatening entire Mekong River

Satellite data show at least 27 new rare earth mines have opened across Laos since 2022, mostly in protected areas and many within the Mekong River Basin, raising transboundary pollution risks for ...

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Japan hauls rare earth-rich mud from deep sea

Deep-sea mining machines could erase seafloor life in hours

Rare earth mining expands into Laos, threatening entire Mekong River

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