The sediment containing rare earth was retrieved from a depth of 6,000m, Japan's government said.

The sediment containing rare earth was retrieved from a depth of 6,000m, Japan's government said.

Sediment containing rare earth was retrieved from ocean depths of 6,000 meters on a Japanese test mission, the government said Monday, as it seeks to curb dependence on China for the valuable minerals. Japan says the mission was the world's first bid to tap deep sea rare earths at such…

Japan retrieved sediment containing rare earth minerals from a depth of 6,000 metres during a test mission aimed at reducing reliance on China, the government said on Monday. Officials said the world-first…