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 of the world’s heavy rare earths come from Myanmar’s conflict-ridden Kachin State, where China maintains access ...

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

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

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s recent visit to three Southeast Asian countries drew widespread headlines — not only for ...

China does not actually want the Myanmar civil war to end, but wants the fighting to be reduced to levels where its economic interests, particularly the export of rare earth minerals, are not affected ...

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

Chinese meddling and internecine squabbles threaten the existence of the Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative ...

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

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.