Posts Tagged ‘Zakhung Ting Ying’

Illegal rare earth mining ‘fueling Myanmar rights abuses’

Monday, August 15th, 2022

Myanmar has seen a massive expansion of illegal mining of rare earth minerals used in green energy technologies and smartphones, fuelling human rights abuses and environmental destruction, according to a new investigation. A Global Witness report released on August 9 said huge sums of money from this illegal trade have benefited local warlord Zakhung Ting Read more