China lead mine plan weighs heavily on Myanmar tribe
- Saw Kyaw Oo
- Jun 6
- 1 min read
Hundreds of protesting Myanmar tribespeople march up a hillside to a cavernous facility where a Chinese joint venture’s giant milling machines stand ready to grind up the rocks of their ancestral homeland for lead ore.
Demand for the heavy metal is forecast to rise, driven by its use in the batteries needed for the global energy transition.
But its extraction can pollute the environment and the Padaung tribespeople carry banners reading: “No transparency, no responsibility”.
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