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Japan to scour the bottom of the Pacific for rare earth deposits

Marc Howe | January 10, 2013 | 10:59 am Battery Metals Asia China Europe Rare Earth 

Scientists from Japan plan to search the floor of the Pacific Ocean for rare earth deposits in bid to reduce the nation's dependence on China for the key industrial materials. ABC News reports that researchers from the Japan Agency for...

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