By Naw Betty Han, Devjyot Ghoshal, Shoon Naing and Poppy McPherson (Reuters) -The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges ...

Nearly half of the world’s heavy rare earths come from Myanmar’s conflict-ridden Kachin State, where China maintains access ...

In the chaos of war, there’s nothing to stop Chinese firms from ravaging the landscape and extracting the minerals, which end up in China.

China has indicted 21 key members of a telecom fraud syndicate operating in northern Myanmar on multiple charges, including ...

A drastic increase in unregulated production of rare earth minerals in Myanmar is causing serious environmental concerns ...

Myanmar’s civil war is unwinnable under the circumstances. Supporting Kachin independence could secure rare earth supplies, ...

The majority of these minerals are sourced from the Kachin region, which has been embroiled in a civil war since the military ...

Criminal suspect Bai Suo Cheng is escorted by Chinese police officers at the Kunming Changshui International Airport in ...

Twenty-one key figures of a group that had long been swindling Chinese nationals in northern Myanmar have been prosecuted, ...

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They’re shiny metals, can be hard to find and they’re essential to building high-tech equipment — from electric cars to fighter jets. “Rare earth metals” are dominated by one country: China. Once ...

Armed roups fighting Myanmar's military regime are losing the edge they had built up in the use of drones in the civil war ...