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

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

China does not actually want the Myanmar civil war to end, but wants the fighting to be reduced to levels where its economic ...

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

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

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.