Good work, and very smart to integrate materials science plus political, economic and strategic aspects. Wish we had more of that here in Japan, which tends to place too much faith in recycling and substitution.
Thanks Andrew! I would love to learn more about Japans approach to these issues. There have been major reductions in REE import dependency from China in Japan after the Senkaku Island incident in 2010. At the surface this looks to be a success, but it would be interesting to know how Japan diversified its REE imports and to what extent China's diminishing share impacts Japan's political decision making. Feel free to reach out!
North American Strategic Minerals Inc., a private US Delaware corporation, was formed in 2020 to explore for rare earth metals after its founders recognized a significant new geologic model for rare earth mineralization hosted in paleo basin pelagic sediments. Similar rare earth mineralization was first noted in modern basin pelagic sediments found at various locations on the Pacific seafloor. The mechanism of formation of this new type of rare earth mineralization is the direct precipitation of these critical metals from seawater into seafloor pelagic sediments. The largest and most important of these rare earth seafloor metal precipitate deposits is known as the Minamitorishima deposit.
Good work, and very smart to integrate materials science plus political, economic and strategic aspects. Wish we had more of that here in Japan, which tends to place too much faith in recycling and substitution.
Thanks Andrew! I would love to learn more about Japans approach to these issues. There have been major reductions in REE import dependency from China in Japan after the Senkaku Island incident in 2010. At the surface this looks to be a success, but it would be interesting to know how Japan diversified its REE imports and to what extent China's diminishing share impacts Japan's political decision making. Feel free to reach out!
North American Strategic Minerals Inc., a private US Delaware corporation, was formed in 2020 to explore for rare earth metals after its founders recognized a significant new geologic model for rare earth mineralization hosted in paleo basin pelagic sediments. Similar rare earth mineralization was first noted in modern basin pelagic sediments found at various locations on the Pacific seafloor. The mechanism of formation of this new type of rare earth mineralization is the direct precipitation of these critical metals from seawater into seafloor pelagic sediments.
The largest and most important of these rare earth seafloor metal precipitate deposits is known as the Minamitorishima deposit.