Explore how the small town of Bhamo, Myanmar, is at the center of the world's heavy rare earth supply and the implications of ...

The battle between the Kachin Independence Army and the Chinese-backed military junta in Myanmar affects the global supply of ...

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

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

The majority of these minerals are sourced from the Kachin region, which has been embroiled in a civil war since the military ...

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

China, which has a near-monopoly over the processing of heavy rare earths, has threatened to halt buying the minerals mined ...

Bloody conflict has splintered many families in Myanmar over the past four years. But for one set of siblings, a surprise ...

China, which has a near-monopoly over the processing of heavy rare earths, has threatened to halt buying the minerals mined ...