Myanmar

6 dead as boat bring almost 100 Rohingya gets here in Indonesia

6 people have actually died as almost 100 Rohingya landed by boat in Indonesia's Aceh province, a local fishing neighborhood said on Thursday, in the latest wave of arrivals to the Southeast Asian nation in current days. Miftach Tjut Adek, chief of the neighborhood, told Reuters that the 96 arrivals, consisting of seven children, were still at the local beach in the eastern part of Aceh on Sumatra island. There is no service yet, they are still at the beach, stated Miftach. About 300 Rohingya came ashore last week in Indonesia's Aceh and North Sumatra provinces. The United Nations' refugee

Myanmar

6 dead as boat bring almost 100 Rohingya arrives in Indonesia

Tin supply chain tightens after crucial mine's long lack: Andy Home

It's been simply over a year considering that the Male Maw tin mine in Myanmar, among the world's. largest sources of the strategic metal, halted production. While high basic material and refined tin stocks have up until now. insulated the marketplace from the full impact, that's starting to. change. When the Wa authorities, an autonomous ethnic group. controlling the majority of Myanmar's tin resources, bought an overall. suspension of all mining and processing activities in August. 2023, many expected the supply hit to last just a couple of months. Other smaller mines in Wa area have actually given that been

Environment

Floods in Myanmar leave 19 dead, displace thousands

Myanmar households maimed as currency topples to record low

A fast devaluation of Myanmar's. currency is pushing up the rates of basics, consisting of food. and medication, debilitating normal households in the Southeast. Asian country wrecked by civil war and a crumbling economy. The Myanmar kyat has been extremely unpredictable in. current days, plunging to a low of 7,500 to the dollar in the. black market last week from 5,000 earlier in the month,. according to 4 forex traders. The plunge followed. reports that the Myanmar junta was printing more kyat to prop up. the currency, two traders said. Individuals are anxiously buying (Thai) baht and selling. kyat, said

Mining

Not-so-rare earths: Sufficient supply weighs on costs of crucial minerals group

Weak demand for rare earths integrated with ample supplies are weighing on rates of the group of 17 minerals utilized in technologies from lasers to EVs, with little nearterm catalyst in sight, industry participants stated. Exports of unusual earths from China, the dominant producer, climbed 7.5% year-on-year in the first seven months of 2024, however rates still fell during that period and are hovering near their least expensive in more than 3 years. We have recently gotten a lot of deals, asking us whether we need cargoes, which makes me feel it's hard for them to discover buyers now, stated

Myanmar local military HQ caught, rebels say, in blow to junta