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 ...

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 ...

In a major worry for China, a deadly civil war is raging near the Chinese border in Bhamo in Myanmar as rebel forces led by ...

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

China, which has triggered global shortages with its controls on rare earth exports, is itself reliant on rare earth supplies from the small, war-torn country of Myanmar.

Chinese meddling and internecine squabbles threaten the existence of the Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee, an alliance of Shan State’s armed groups.

Analysis Time and Beijing Are Working Against Myanmar’s Resistance As fighting drags on, sieges and Chinese pressure may allow Myanmar’s military junta to consolidate its power.

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.