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Recent disruptions in Myanmar's northern mining belt, which has been taken over by an armed group, have prompted Chinese ...

Chinese-backed militia is reportedly protecting new rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar. This move aids Beijing in securing ...

Water tests from the Kok and Sai rivers near Thailand’s border with Myanmar have revealed elevated arsenic levels, leading ...

A sprawling new mine is gouged into the lush rolling hills of northeast Myanmar, where civil war has weakened the government’s already feeble writ, ...

Now, in the hillsides of Shan state in eastern Myanmar, Chinese miners are opening new deposits for extraction.

Exclusive-China-Backed Militia Secures Control of New Rare Earth Mines in Myanmar By Naw Betty Han, Shoon Naing, Devjyot Ghoshal, Eleanor Whalley and Napat Wesshasartar BANGKOK (Reuters ...

A Chinese-backed militia is protecting new rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar, as Beijing moves to secure control of the ...

BANGKOK - A Chinese-backed militia is protecting new rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar, according to four people familiar with the matter, as Beijing moves to secure control of the minerals it ...