Trump admin listens to proposals related to Myanmar’s rare earths, Reuters says

The Trump admin has listened to proposals that would alter its U.S. policy with Myanmar, with the aim of diverting its rare earth minerals away from China, Trevor Hunnicutt, David Brunnstrom, Devjyot Ghoshal and Poppy Mcpherson of Reuters reports, citing four people with director knowledge of the discussions. Nothing has been decided upon, but, if the ideas are to be acted on, Washington might need to make a deal with the rebels controlling most of the country’s rare earth deposits. The Fly notes that companies involved in the development and mining of rare earth minerals include: Nova Minerals (NVA), Ioneer (IONR), Lynas Rare Earths (LYSCF), MP Materials (MP), Energy Fuels (UUUU), NioCorp (NB) and VanEck Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF (REMX).