The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges in part on the outcome of a months-long battle between a rebel army and the ...

China, which has a near-monopoly over the processing of heavy rare earths, has threatened to halt buying the minerals mined ...

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

China is now flexing its muscle in Myanmar through a Wagner-style private force, adding another layer to an already volatile ...

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.

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

Explore how the small town of Bhamo, Myanmar, is at the center of the world's heavy rare earth supply and the implications of ...

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

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

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