TOKYO -- Japanese conglomerate Furukawa is leveraging its terrestrial mining know-how to develop prototype equipment that can extract rare-earth elements and rare metals from the ocean floor.
Commodities
Japan's Furukawa uses mining expertise to extract seabed rare earths
Companies race to commercialize technology that can collect critical resources
A machine gathers seabed resources in a test south of Japan's Minamitorishima atoll. (Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security)
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