TOKYO -- Japan will extract rare earth minerals from an offshore deposit in a first-of-its-kind pilot project that will begin January next year, Nikkei has learned.
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Japan to begin extracting deep-sea rare earths next year
First-of-its-kind project to tap world's 3rd-largest reserve of rare earth minerals
The exploration vessel Chikyu will lower a pipe 5,500 meters below the ocean's surface to extract rare earths. (JAMSTEC)
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