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August 1, 2025
‘Strategic Bargaining Chips’: Kachin’s Rare Earth Mining Pause
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Myanmar’s rare earth mining industry is lucrative, but it lacks regulatory safeguards.
Nearly 10 months after the Kachin Independence Army seized Pangwa town in Kachin State, the lucrative industry is coming under increasing pressure to resume.
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