China has successfully tested its first domestically developed robot capable of conducting three-dimensional drilling ...

This strategic move is designed to counter China's dominance in the sector at a time of crisis in bilateral relations. The ...

China's first domestically developed undersea robot capable of three-dimensional drilling and in-situ monitoring within seabed strata has successfully completed a trial operation in the South China ...

Japan has embarked on a daring mission to explore rare earths from the deep sea, aiming to reduce its heavy reliance on China ...

The drilling vessel is backed by Japanese government funding, and will spend a month collecting rare earth sludge along a ...

Japan embarks Sunday on what it says is the world's first bid to tap deep sea rare earths at a depth of 6,000 metres -- ...

Japan's world-first attempt to extract rare-earth seabed sludge from a depth of six kilometres is officially underway. The ...

After Norway made its decision, Greenland’s government has stated its intention to ban deep-sea mining in its territorial ...

Scientific Ocean Drilling: Accomplishments and Challenges reviews the scientific accomplishments of U.S.-supported scientific ocean drilling over the past four decades. The report evaluates how the ...

ALBAWABA- Japan launched the world’s first deep-sea rare earth mining trial, marking a strategic move to secure critical mineral supplies and reduce dep ...

Japan would tomorrow embark on what it said is the world’s first bid to tap deep sea rare earths at a depth of 6,000m — greater than the height of Mount Fuji — to curb dependence on China. A Japanese ...