India and Myanmar signal closer rare earth mining ties

India and Myanmar are working to deepen cooperation in the rare earths sector after visits to the southeast Asian country by Indian teams, ​with New Delhi seeking alternative supplies of a strategic resource ‌tightly controlled by China.,In a speech on Wednesday at the opening of a mining forum in Mandalay, India’s Ambassador to Myanmar Abhay Thakur outlined the growing bilateral collaboration ​between the two countries on rare earths.,REUTERS