Possibility and Necessity of Deep-Sea Mineral Resources Development in Japan's EEZ and Continental Selves

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  • 日本のＥＥＺ（排他的経済水域）・大陸棚の深海底鉱物資源開発の可能性と必要性
  • ニホン ノ EEZ ハイタテキ ケイザイ スイイキ タイリクダナ ノ シンカイテイ コウブツ シゲン カイハツ ノ カノウセイ ト ヒツヨウセイ

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Japan has a manganese nodule mining claim in the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zones, the Kuroko-type massive seafloor sulfide deposits (SMS) and cobalt-rich manganese crusts (CMC) in Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and the continental shelves. Japan needs to use these deep-sea mineral resources as future strategic metal and rare earth element supply sources. Furthermore, the development technologies have wide variations in applying for the other food and energy supply targets in EEZ and continental shelves and the same-type resources of Pacific island nations'.<BR>Some current topics in deep-sea mineral resources development and the development technologies are introduced. Possibility and necessity of deep-sea mineral resources development for Japan are discussed.

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  • Journal of MMIJ

    Journal of MMIJ 124 (12), 829-835, 2008

    The Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan

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