MINING

Japan's world-first deep-sea mining trial underway

‘We can finally begin confirmation tests. It’s deeply moving’

Minamitorishima in 1975

Minamitorishima in 1975 | Credits: By Copyright © National Land Image Information (Color Aerial Photographs), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

Japan's world-first attempt to extract rare-earth seabed sludge from a depth of 6km is officially underway. The deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu departed the Port of Shimizu in Shizuoka on January 12,...

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