Children collecting sulphur sand to make copper at the copper mine waste dump in Sarlingyi township in Monywa, Sagaing Division, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
15 January 2020
Villagers who live in a copper mining area of northwestern Myanmar’s Sagaing region have...
Villagers march along a road during a protest against a Chinese-backed copper mining company in Salingyi township, Sagaing region on December 30, 2019. Photo: Tint Aung Soe/Facebook
31 December 2019
Nearly 200 villagers in the copper mining area of northwestern Myanmar’s Sagaing region...
China is likely to trim imports of rare earths mined in Myanmar.  Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
13 April 2019
China is likely to trim imports of rare earths from Myanmar starting next month, which an...