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Myanmar's Kachin State Is At The Center Of The Sino-US Scramble For Rare Earths
Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack,
The US seeks influence over this region that supplies much of neighboring China's rare earth industry...
Western media has published a spree of articles raising awareness of the important role that Myanmar's Kachin State plays in the global rare earth minerals industry.
The latest phase of that country's long-running civil war, which is more complex than most Western and non-Western accounts alike make it seem as explained here in February 2024, has seen regional separatists take control of sites that produce roughly half of the world's heavy rare earths.
Here are five of those aforementioned reports about this:
* 28 March: “Insight: Myanmar rebels disrupt China rare earth trade, sparking regional scramble”
* 23 June: “How war-torn Myanmar plays a critical role in China's rare earth dominance”
* 8 July: “Exclusive: Why China's ultimatum to Myanmar rebels t...
Tin exports from top producer Myanmar are expected to rise in the coming months, easing supply worries, after local authorities approved the resumption of mining in the conflict-riven region, according to traders familiar with the situation....