A coup in Myanmar has given its military leaders free rein over a $31 billion jade industry, said a Global Witness report. Myanmar is estimated to produce 70% of the world's jade. The industry there ...

BANGKOK (AP) — An overnight landslide at a jade mining area in northern Myanmar has killed at least a dozen people and left many others missing, according to a resident, rescuers and independent media ...

The bodies of 33 people have been recovered from a landslide at a jade mine in northern Burma and rescuers are searching for at least three people believed to be missing, a rescue official said ...

Naypyitaw, Myanmar-- More than 50 people are believed to have died in a mudslide at a jade mining site in northern Myanmar, a lawmaker representing the area said Tuesday. Tin Soe said three bodies ...

"There were people stuck in the mud shouting for help but no one could help them," said one witness At least 162 people are dead in a mine collapse caused by a landslide in Myanmar, multiple outlets ...

HPAKANT, Myanmar – A hospital says at least 13 people have been killed by a landslide of mining waste in northern Myanmar. The accident occurred late Thursday in Hpakant, the center of Myanmar's ...

British Columbia isn't allowing any new jade mines to open in the northwest, and has set a five-year wind-down period for existing operations. A statement from the Ministry of Energy and Mines says ...

Mass corruption and environmental wastage in Myanmar's multi-billion dollar jade industry are likely to worsen under the Burmese military junta, said a new report by human rights organization Global ...