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"UK Seabed Resources joins deep-ocean mineral-mining rush"  — David Shukman — BBC News — March 14, 2013

A new and controversial frontier in mining is opening up as a British firm joins a growing rush to exploit minerals in the depths of the oceans.

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Deep Seabed Mining
"Japan finds rare earths in Pacific seabed"  — BBC News — July 04, 2011

Japanese researchers say they have discovered vast deposits of rare earth minerals, used in many hi-tech appliances, in the seabed. The geologists estimate that there are about a 100bn tons of the rare elements in the mud of the Pacific Ocean floor.

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Rare Earth Elements, Deep Seabed Mining, Japan

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