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Japan to subsidize underwater rare earth venture

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 19, 2012 | 6:12 pm Battery Metals Asia China Europe Rare Earth 

Tokyo’s new governor, Naoki Inose, announced the city would subsidize companies with a project to mine rare earth elements from the seabed off Minami-Torishima Island, to the southeast of Tokyo. The Asahi Shimbum reports that the measure aims to help local...

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