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.

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

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

The MNDAA calls it ‘progress’, but Chinese-funded redevelopment in northern Shan is pushing locals to the margins economically, culturally and politically.

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu emphasised the state shares a 1,200km border with Tibet, not China, taking a ...

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.