U.S. and Japan Plan World's Deepest Undersea Mine to Challenge China
2 sources across 2 countries · Japan · United States
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- The Japan Times
- Bloomberg
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The United States and Japan plan to develop the world's deepest undersea mine to challenge China. The project focuses on Minamitorishima, a small Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean located over 1,000 miles southeast of Tokyo. According to a U.S. Japan statement, the island sits above deep sea rare earth deposits that could meet centuries of industrial demand. Donald Trump and Sanae Takaichi discussed the cooperation to consider mining these deposits, which are located 6,000 meters below the sea, during a meeting at the White House in March.
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- Outlets with a center lean framed the event as a strategic effort by the U.S. and Japan to secure rare earth minerals and challenge China.
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