Extractive industries

Myanmar is richly endowed with natural resources and is the world’s largest producer and exporter of jade. Myanmar extracts and processes its resources into a variety of forms and products, in addition to the primary export of jade, natural gas, and petroleum, coal, copper, gemstones, ...

Myanmar is rich in natural resources, including gems, minerals, oil and gas. The economic activities involved in exploring and extracting these resources are known as extractive industries. Myanmar is one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of jade, one of the oldest exporters of ...