Myanmar
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Myanmar mined 16% (IEA) of the world's rare earths in 2025.
16%
of the world's rare earths mining in 2025, according to IEA · about 1 in 5
#2 in rare earths miningANNUAL 2025
Materials with a production share
2
with a mining or refining share on record
Sites on record
5
Mines and plants in the open sources. Coverage is partial.
Exports of the ten materials
$1.2bn
2024; most of it rare earths; 15 partner countries
Grid emissions intensity
502gCO2e/kWh
2024
Overview
What it produces
Share of world output, per material and stage. Each bar is one source's figure; where two sources report the same stage, both are shown and never blended. A full-width bar would be 100%.
Rare earths· Mine
- 16%about 1 in 5#2 in rare earths miningIEA, 2025 · 13 kt REE
Rank 2 of the 5 countries with a figure in this IEA table.
- 5.6%about 1 in 20#4 in rare earths miningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 22 000 t
Rank 4 of the 12 countries with a figure in this USGS table.
Antimony· Mine
- 4.1%about 1 in 20#5 in antimony miningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 4 500 t
Rank 5 of the 15 countries with a figure in this USGS table.
Key facts
- Country code
- MMR
- GDP
- $82bn (2025)
- Mineral rents, share of GDP
- 2% (2021)
- Ores and metals, share of goods exports
- 6% (2025)
- Mining area, all commodities
- 2 140 km² (2019; rank 14 of 144)
- Named in the sources as
- Burma
Map
- Myanmar
- Mine or brine operation
- Processing site
Sites are those in the open sources. A site missing here is missing from the sources, not from the world.
Sites on record · 5
5 of 5 shown
- Copper MineMine
- MPCMine
- Yadanā TheingīMine
- တကောင်း နီကယ်သတ္တုတွင်းMine
- တကောင်း နီကယ်သတ္တုတွင်းMine
One entry per site. Where two sources describe the same site, the atlas lists the record of the source it ranks higher.
Country in context
Rare earths: Mining (IEA), 2025. All rows come from the same table.
| Country | kt REE | Share of world | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| MyanmarThis country | 13 | 16.3 % | |
| ChinaLargest producer in the table | 47 | 58.8 % | |
| World totalWorld total as the source gives it | 80 | – |
Supply chain
Every figure the sources give for this country, its trade partners per material, and where its sites are.
Production, refining and reserves
The latest year of each series. Share is of the series total: the larger of the source world total and the sum of its rows. Rank counts only the countries that have a number in that series.
| Series | Amount | Share of world | Rank | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rare earths: Mine production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 4 of 12 | 22 000 t | 5.6 % | ||
| Rare earths: Mining (IEA)2025 · IEA GCMO 2026 · rank 2 of 5 | 13 kt REE | 16.3 % | ||
| Rare earths: Reserves2025 · USGS MCS 2026 | Not available | – | ||
| Antimony: Mine production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 5 of 15 | 4 500 t | 4.1 % | ||
| Antimony: Reserves2025 · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 5 of 13 | 140 000 t | 5.8 % |
Mines and plants listed without coordinates · 15
The USGS Minerals Yearbook names these operations in Myanmar with company, place and annual capacity, but gives no coordinates, so they are not on the map. Capacity is not production. Each row is from the chapter year shown.
| Material and product | Kind | Company, as listed | Place, as listed | Annual capacity | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AntimonyAntimony > Mine | Mine | Tha Byu Mining Co. Ltd. (Star Sapphire Group) | Tha Byu Mine, Kayin State | not given | 2021 | |
| AntimonyAntimony > Refinery | Plant | Myanmar Shing Shind Metal Antimony Co. | Refinery in Mawlamyine Industrial Zone, Mon State | not given | 2021 | |
| AntimonyAntimony > Refinery | Plant | Northeast Sin Phyu Taw Mineral Exploration Co. | Refinery in Mawlamyine Industrial Zone, Mon State | not given | 2021 | |
| CopperCopper, Cu content | Not specified | Joint venture of No. 1 Mining Enterprise (operator), 50%, and Wanbao Mining Ltd., 50% | Letpadaung copper mine, and solvent extraction electrowinning plant, Salingyi, Sagaing Region | 100 thousand metric tons per year | 2021 | |
| CopperCopper, Cu content | Not specified | Myanmar Yang Tse Copper Ltd. (operator) (No. 1 Mining Enterprise, 51%; Wanbao Mining Ltd., 30%; Myanmar Economic Holding Ltd., 19%) | Sabetaung & Kyisintaung copper mines, and Monywa solvent extraction electrowinning plant, Monywa, Sagaing Region | 50 thousand metric tons per year | 2021 | |
| NickelNickel | Not specified | China Nonferrous Metal Mining Nickel Co. Ltd. [China Nonferrous Metal Mining (Group) Co. Ltd., 75%, and No.3 Mining Enterprise, 25%] | Tagaung Taung (Dagongshan) nickel ore project (mine and smelter) at Thabeikkyin, Mandalay Region | 25 thousand metric tons per year | 2021 | |
| Rare earthsRare earths, mineral concentrates | Mine | Bawm Myang Co. Ltd. | Mine in Chipwe, Myitkyina, Kachin State | not given | 2021 | |
| Rare earthsrare-earth oxide equivalent | Plant | not given | 2021 | |||
| Rare earthsrare-earth oxide equivalent | Plant | Myanmar Myo Ko Ko Medical Instrument Co. Ltd. | not given | 2021 | ||
| Rare earthsrare-earth oxide equivalent | Plant | Myanmar Ye Huang Mining Corps | Mine in Kokang, Langkho, Shan State | 20 thousand metric tons per year | 2021 | |
| Rare earthsrare-earth oxide equivalent | Plant | San Lin International Import and Export Co. Ltd. | Mine in Chipwe, Myitkyina, Kachin State | not given | 2021 | |
| Rare earthsrare-earth oxide equivalent | Plant | Sin Kyaing Co. Ltd. | Mine in Chipwe, Myitkyina, Kachin State | not given | 2021 | |
| TungstenTin-tungsten, concentrate | Mine | Kanbauk Tin Tungsten Co. Ltd. (Savitar Tin-Tungsten Pte. Ltd., 70%; Developers Entrepreneurs Liaison Construction Organizers Ltd., 24%; Yebyu Tin-Tungsten Co. Ltd., 6%) | Kanbauk Mine, Yay Phyu, Dawei, Tanintharyi Region | not given | 2021 | |
| TungstenTungsten, concentrate | Mine | Kayah State Mineral Production Co. Ltd. (Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd., 70%, and No. 2 Mining Enterprise, 30%) | Mawchi Mine, Hpasawng, Bawlakhe, Kayah State | not given | 2021 | |
| TungstenTungsten, concentrate | Mine | No. 2 Mining Enterprise | NA | not given | 2021 |
Trade partners
1 recorded flow, 2024
- Recorded trade flow; a thicker line is a larger value
- Myanmar
Lines join the middle of each country. They are not shipping routes.
| Partner | Material | Year | Value, US$ | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Export toChina | Rare earthsRefine | 2024 | $818M |
Reconciled customs data (CEPII BACI), by value. The data holds only the largest flows of each material, so this is not the country’s full trade.
5 sites, deposits and projects on record are listed with the map in the Overview →
Money
What the trade data and the World Bank record in money terms. Every value is a reported figure with its own year.
All recorded trade flows of 2024 under the customs codes that isolate one of the ten materials, by value (CEPII BACI, reconciled estimates, current US dollars). Codes that mix several materials are left out, so trade in those materials is understated; gallium and germanium have no usable code at all. Each material lists its five largest partners. Why trade data blurs some materials
Exports of the ten materials
$1.2bnin 2024, with 15 partner countries
Imports of the ten materials
$23Min 2024, with 4 partner countries
The economy around mining
World Bank indicators. Each has its own latest year, shown next to the value; mineral rents are often several years old.
GDP (current US$)
$82bn
Year 2025
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
2%
Year 2021
Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)
6%
Year 2025
Government revenue from extractives
EITI, reportedWhat government agencies reported receiving from extractive companies, per fiscal year, as the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) publishes it in US dollars. A total covers every sector the country's report covers and is not split by mineral.
$1.4bnlatest reported fiscal year, 2018
Sectors in the report: mining, oil, gas · Period: 2017-04-01 – 2018-03-31
All 5 reported years
| Fiscal year | Government revenue (US$) | Sectors in the report | Country file | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20182017-04-01 – 2018-03-31 | 1 412 673 274 | mining, oil, gas | — | |
| 20172016-04-01 – 2017-03-31 | 1 971 700 745 | mining, oil, gas | summary file | |
| 20162015-04-01 – 2016-03-31 | 2 738 829 603 | mining, oil, gas | summary file | |
| 20152014-04-01 – 2015-03-31 | 3 388 045 202 | mining, oil, gas | summary file | |
| 20142013-04-01 – 2014-03-31 | 3 135 080 655 | mining, oil, gas | summary file |
EITI reports lag by two to four years. The figure is the report's own total and is not adjusted for inflation. Republished under EITI's Content Use Policy with credit to the EITI International Secretariat, eiti.org. These figures are kept in a file of their own and are not part of the atlas's ODbL data. EITI open data
Investment pipeline
announced figuresPlanned and under-construction projects in Myanmar with a publicly announced capital cost, public financial backing, or both. Each line is one statement by the named publisher on the given date; the atlas adds nothing to it.
No data yet. The atlas has read no announcement of this kind for a project in Myanmar. The list is short and hand-read; a missing project is missing from the list, not from the world.
A short, hand-read list, not a census: 19 projects in all. Announced amounts are not spending, a letter of interest or a conditional commitment is not a loan, and amounts stay in the currency of the announcement.
Public support instruments
Stockpiles, price floors, offtake and purchasing programmes and public funds of Myanmar's government, as dated policy events of the type "public support". Each is one statement by its publisher.
No data yet. The atlas has read no public support instrument of Myanmar's government. The list is short and hand-read.
These figures are informational, not financial advice.
Sustainability
Four indicators, the same on every profile. Each is a figure with its unit, year and source, or a plain statement that there is none.
Carbon
Emissions intensity of the country's electricity grid.
502gCO2e/kWh
Higher than 57% of the other 208 countries with a grid figure.
- It describes the national grid, not mining or refining. Sites may run on their own power.
Water
Share of the country's mine sites on record that lie in high or extremely high baseline water stress.
0%of mine sites on record
No world percentile: the number of sites on record differs too much between countries to compare them.
- 0 of 5 sites with a class (5 mine and brine sites on record).
- Counted by site, not by tonnage: it is not a share of production.
- "Arid and Low Water Use" is a class of its own in the source and is not counted as high.
Land
Land visibly used by mining in the country, every commodity together.
2 140km²
Higher than 91% of the other 143 countries with a mapped mining area.
- Rank 14 of 144 countries by area.
- Mapped from satellite images for all mining in a country. It cannot be attributed to one material or one site.
Circularity
Recycling's share of demand.
Not available per country: recycling rates in the atlas are published per material, for the EU as a whole.
There is no overall score: the four figures measure different things and are not added up. How to read these figures
Risks & policy
Export controls in force
Compiled by USGS, effective January 2026. Not a live feed.
USGS Table 4 lists no export control by this country for the materials in the atlas.
Chokepoints at sea
The atlas has no record of which minerals pass through which sea passage, so no chokepoint figure is attached to this profile. Current ship counts for the main passages are on the Live page. Open the Live page
Gaps
What the atlas is missing for Myanmar
Computed from the data. Each line names a record that exists and one that does not. It marks missing data, not missing industry.
- Listed as a rare earths producer (5.6% of world output; Mine production, 2025), but no mine is on record.
- A rare earths producer (5.6% of world output; Mine production, 2025), but no site record names an owner or operator.
- Listed as a antimony producer (4.1% of world output; Mine production, 2025), but no mine is on record.
- A antimony producer (4.1% of world output; Mine production, 2025), but no site record names an owner or operator.
- Trade is partial by design: the atlas holds only each material's largest flows. 6 of them name this country.
Sources
Every source this profile uses, with its licence, the years its figures describe and how sure the figures are. Each chip on the profile opens the single record.
- USGS Minerals Yearbook, Vol. III ↗15 records used
- Licence
- Public domain (U.S. Government work)
- As of
- 2021
- Confidence
- Estimated
- CEPII BACI 202601 ↗8 records used
- Licence
- Etalab Open Licence 2.0
- As of
- 2024
- Confidence
- Estimated
- IEA GCMO 2026 ↗8 records used
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- As of
- 2025
- Confidence
- Reported
- USGS MCS 2026 ↗8 records used
- Licence
- CC0-1.0
- As of
- 2025
- Confidence
- Reported · Estimated
- OpenStreetMap (Overpass) ↗5 records used
- Licence
- ODbL-1.0
- As of
- 2026
- Confidence
- Estimated
- World Bank WDI ↗3 records used
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- As of
- 2021–2025
- Confidence
- Reported
- Ember Yearly Electricity Data ↗1 record used
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- As of
- 2024
- Confidence
- Reported
- Maus et al. 2022 (mining areas v2) ↗1 record used
- Licence
- CC-BY-SA-4.0
- As of
- 2019
- Confidence
- Estimated
- WRI Aqueduct 4.0 ↗1 record used
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- As of
- 2023
- Confidence
- Estimated
The mining-area figure comes from a share-alike source (CC-BY-SA-4.0). It is kept in its own file under that licence, apart from the rest of the atlas's data.
History & talk
Revision history and discussion are coming soon.
Every change to a figure will be listed here with its source, its credit and its review, and each profile will have a place to discuss it. Until then the data changes only when a source is updated, and every figure links to that source.
What we don't know yet
No open source we may use gives these figures. Nothing is estimated to fill them. If you know a public source, add it.
- Mining companies headquartered here: Wikidata tags none. Its coverage is uneven, so this is a gap in the tagging, not a finding.Add data: Mining companies headquartered here: Wikidata tags none. Its coverage is uneven, so this is a gap in the tagging, not a finding.
- Import dependence: no open per-country series is loaded yet.Add data: Import dependence: no open per-country series is loaded yet.
- Recycling rates: Eurostat publishes them for the EU as a whole, not for one country.Add data: Recycling rates: Eurostat publishes them for the EU as a whole, not for one country.