Mining in Japan
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Mining in Japan is minimal because Japan does not possess many on-shore mineral resources.[1] Many of the on-shore minerals have already been mined to the point that it has become less expensive to import minerals. There are small deposits of coal, oil, iron and minerals in the Japanese archipelago.[2] Japan is scarce in critical natural resources and has been heavily dependent on imported energy and raw materials.[3][2] There are major deep sea mineral resources in the seabed of Japan. This is not mined yet due to technological obstacles for deep sea mining.[4]
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In 2019, Japan was the 2nd largest world producer of iodine,[5] 4th largest worldwide producer of bismuth,[6] the world's 9th largest producer of sulfur[7] and the 10th largest producer of gypsum.[8]