No environmental impact assessment has ever been conducted for any rare earth operation in #Myanmar.
"Rare earth revenues now constitute a major financing source for armed groups on all sides of the conflict, creating incentives against regulation"
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Rare earth elements (REEs), a group of 17 metals including neodymium, dysprosium,
and terbium, are indispensable to modern industry. They are critical components in
permanent magnets for electric vehi...