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

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

Nearly half the world’s supply of heavy rare earths is extracted from mines in Kachin state, including those north of Bhamo, ...

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 ...

Myanmar’s civil war is unwinnable under the circumstances. Supporting Kachin independence could secure rare earth supplies, ...

China sources around half of its supply of rare earths from Myanmar, which is in the midst of an internecine conflict.

Elephants are playing important roles in the country’s civil war, but the conflict casts a dark shadow over their future.