Japan is accelerating a decade-old plan to extract rare earths from the deep seabed, an ambitious initiative given extra impetus by the country’s drive to cut reliance on Chinese supply.

A Japanese research vessel has successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals from the seabed near a remote island, Japan’s government announced Monday as the coun

The Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD), is carrying out exploration and augmentation of minerals of rare earth group elements along coastal and inland placer sands, as well as in hard rock terrains,

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Sediment containing rare earth was retrieved from ocean depths of 6,000 meters (about 20,000 feet) on a Japanese test mission, the government said Monday, as it seeks to curb dependence on China for the valuable minerals.

By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Japan's government said on Monday that it has successfully retrieved rare-earth-rich seabed mud for the first time from depths of around 6 km (4 miles) during a test mission.

At present, China dominates the global supply chain, accounting for about 60% of worldwide rare earth mining and nearly 90% of refined production and permanent magnet output.