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Myanmar is emerging as a key source of rare earth minerals for domestic use as well as exports by China to the developed world. Illegal earth mining has surged in Myanmar’s Kachin state since last year’s coup in areas along the border with China controlled by a militia backed by the Myanmar military, said people aware of the matter. The mining of rare earth minerals for export to China is irreparably damaging the local environment, they said. Myanmar is China’s largest source of rare earth minerals, accounting for more than half of its supplies. Exports of rare earth minerals, which...
