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

Nearly half the world’s supply of heavy rare earths is extracted from mines in Kachin state. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The conflict in Kachin State, Myanmar, has become a focus point, drawing attention to both supply concerns and environmental ...

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

Mines in Kachin state, notably those north of the strategically important garrison town of Bhamo, provide about half of the ...

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.

While China has a near monopoly on rare earth element processing and refining, it has quietly become reliant on raw materials from the war-torn Myanmar.