Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 miles) southeast of Tokyo, in January next year, the head of the ...

Japan is preparing to stir a sleeping world. The goal isn’t oil or gas — it’s mud. Mud that’s packed with the rare earth ...

Non-Chinese rare earth producers have been conspicuously absent from mining’s top tier, now worth a collective $1.5 trillion, ...

Decades of process innovation and industrial policy helped China corner the rare earths market while the US fell behind.

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science ...

Rare earth muds are found only in deep-water regions, typical of oceans, particularly the Pacific. The country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is the world’s sixth largest in area, but fourth ...

Japan has enjoyed success through Lynas and its international supply chains by not only investing in rare earth mining but also in the facilities needed to process and refine the materials into ...

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 miles) southeast of Tokyo, in January next year, the head of the ...

Japan was better prepared than most for China's rare-earth mineral squeeze By Sam Meredith, CNBC and Dylan Butts, CNBC • Published June 20, 2025 • Updated on June 21, 2025 at 4:49 am BOOKMARKER ...

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 miles) southeast of Tokyo, in January next year, ...

Japan is set to begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island in early 2026, according to a Reuters report.. Spearheaded by the Cabinet Office's national ...