Small-scale gold miners owe the government some 13,300 ticals in ore, a senior government official revealed to the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Assembly of the Union) last Friday. Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation U Ye Myint Swe said the arrears in payments for concessions granted to small-scale miners are from 2007 to the present. […]
How to effectively address illegal gold mining – study
February 18, 2020 by
A study by researchers at the National University of Singapore found that increased enforcement and the offer of an alternative agriculture-based livelihood are unlikely to deter illegal gold miners in Myanmar. “It is simply too profitable,” they wrote in a paper published in the journal Conservation Science and Practice. Even though Myanmar is known as […]
Gold mine officials accused of making false claim
April 19, 2019 by
The Myanmar Anti-Corruption Commission has charged three directors of gold mine concessionaire National Prosperity Co (NPC) with submitting a false claim accusing civil servants of corruption. NPC managing director U Tun Aung Soe submitted the complaint to the commission requesting an investigation of the alleged illegal extraction of gold and other minerals by civil servants […]
Gold mining companies still owe govt
April 3, 2019 by
Small gold mining companies still owe more than 1200 ticals (19.6 kilogrammes) of gold to the government, Mandalay Region Auditor General Daw Khin Aye Swe told the Mandalay Region Hluttaw. Under a production-sharing agreement between the No.2 Mining Enterprise and gold mining companies, small gold mining companies owed the government 1290.77 ticals from 2007-08, but […]
Kachin Gov’t Set to Reject Mongolian Mining Proposal
March 25, 2019 by
YANGON—The Kachin State government has decided to shelve a Mongolian company’s proposal to conduct a feasibility study on the extraction of gold and other minerals in Myanmar’s largest national conservation area, a sanctuary nearly triple the size of Singapore in Kachin’s northernmost township, due to serious environmental concerns. The project was proposed by Inner Mongolia […]
Is Myanmar ready for cryptocurrency?
March 4, 2019 by
The recent coverage of Chinese blockchain company Shellpay Internet Technology Co’s plan to issue digital coins in eastern Shan has sparked widespread social media attention on the cryptocurrency industry. Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that has no physical form. Unlike cash, they have decentralised control and does not require a central bank or federal reserve. Blockchain […]
Govt now processing 40 mining proposals
January 15, 2019 by
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MONREC) has processed a total of 40 proposals for mineral exploration at large and medium sized mining blocks in Myanmar, its permanent secretary U Min Min Oo said. Feedback on whether any exploration activities will have an environmental or social impact is being sought from the state […]
