Japan will initiate a deep-sea trial in January to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor at a depth of 5,500 ...

Japan will attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of its kind beginning in January ...

China's deep-sea drilling plan to pierce the Earth’s crust. The Chinese deep-sea drilling ship Meng Xiang. Xinhua. View 11 Images 1 / 11. Drill hoist gear. Xinhua.

TOKYO -- Japan will extract rare earth minerals from an offshore deposit in a first-of-its-kind pilot project that will begin ...

China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has fully launched the second phase of its Deep-Sea No. 1 natural gas project ...

China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) announced that its Deep Sea No.1 Phase II project in the South China Sea has entered ...

Half a century after the world's first deep sea mining tests picked nodules from the seafloor off the US east coast, the damage has barely begun to heal.

Deep-sea mining is seen by the administration as another avenue for extracting rare-earth elements such as manganese, cobalt, nickel and copper, helping wean the U.S. off foreign suppliers and ...

Commissioned in late 2024, Meng Xiang is a 560-foot, 42,600-ton ship with a 36,000 ft deep-sea drill capacity. It can stay at sea for 120 days, house 180 personnel, and includes nine cutting-edge ...

But try telling that to those who advocate deep-sea drilling for precious metals. In a world hungry for the minerals that power our batteries and connect our computers, ...

The world's first deep-sea mining test was conducted by US company Deepsea Ventures in July 1970. A vacuum-cleaner-like machine bulldozed through the abyss and sucked up 60,000 baseball-sized ...