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 ...

Nearly half the world’s supply of heavy rare earths is extracted from mines in Kachin state, including those north of Bhamo, ...

The Kachin Independence Organisation’s spokesperson made the claim amid reports that Gen. N’Ban La was under house arrest by ...

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

China wields rare earths leverage in Myanmar’s civil war You might not have heard of Kachin State in Myanmar, but the region, ...

China sources around half of its supply of rare earths from Myanmar, which is in the midst of an internecine conflict.

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

As the rebels have gained ground, they have detained thousands of prisoners of war. Their enemy, the junta, keeps few ...

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