Western economies are accelerating talks over a critical minerals alliance, but rifts over funding mechanisms, price guarantees and trade commitments are already raising questions about its viability.

The country says the test mission was the world’s first attempt to tap deep-sea rare earths at a depth of 6,000m.

Japan is accelerating a decade-old plan to extract rare earths from the deep seabed, an ambitious initiative given extra ...

The mission was the world's first bid to tap deep sea rare earths at such a depth, the government said, as Japan seeks to ...

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China’s leverage rests on its near-monopoly of rare-earth supply chains. It accounts for 70% of the ores dug up, over 90% of ...

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