Armed rebels are taking control of key rare-earth mining areas in Myanmar, a development that could disrupt supply chains for electric vehicles and more that pass through China. The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) had wrested control of Chipwi and Tsawlaw, both critical mining hubs, from the military regime’s Border Guard Force Battalion by early November....

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