New textile industry zone planned for central Myanmar?

A textile and garment industry park is being mulled for Myanmar’s Mandalay region as part of a joint project with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). According to local press, the announcement was made by U Zaw Myint Maung, the chief minister of the Mandalay region, on the sidelines of an EU-sponsored forum on the […]

Specific Procurement Notice, National Electrification Project, Closing Date 4th March 2019

Date :  1st February, 2019 Invitation for Bids IDA, Credit No: 5727-MM Contract Title: Installation of Distribution Lines and Transformers for Adaptation Villages in Mandalay for National Electrification Project Reference No: MOEE-NEP/C1-W14/19 The Republic of the Union of Myanmar has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the National Electrification Project, and […]

VPower’s Myingyan plant to start operation next year

Hong Kong-listed VPower Group inked a deal with the government to operate a rental power project in Mandalay Region. The company signed a power purchase agreement with the Ministry of Electricity and Energy’s Electric Power Generation Enterprise to run a 90MW gas engine power plant in Myingyan for five years. The company said it plans […]

Gas-fired plant in Kyaukse to be built

A 145-megawatts natural gas-fired power plant will be built in Kyaukse of Mandalay Region, according to the Ministry of Electricity and Energy. The gas-fired power plant will be implemented within Baelin 230 kV substation by Powergen Kyaukse Company Limited. 18MW gas engines for the power plant, purchased from Wartsila Company, arrived to Ahlone international port […]

Fast-track delivery of Wärtsilä gas-fired power plant will help alleviate Myanmar’s electricity shortage in Kyaukse

The technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to provide the generating equipment for a new gas-fired power plant needed to alleviate the shortage of electricity in Myanmar. The power plant will operate on eight Wärtsilä 50SG gas-fueled engines, and the electricity generated will be fed into the national grid. The 145-MW plant is being built […]

Gas power plant in Mandalay to be ready by next February

The National Infrastructure Holding-led consortium (NIHC), comprising of three firms, will construct a 145MW gas power plant in Kyaukse township, Mandalay Region, according to consortium. The tender was launched by the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) in March 2018 and NIHC consortium was awarded the tender last month, Director Daw Yi Yi Htwe from […]

Gas-fired plant in Mandalay to operate with BOT agreement

The biggest gas-fired power plant, with a capacity of 225 megawatts, will start operations in December this year in the Taungtha and Myingyan district in Mandalay Region, a senior official from the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE), told The Myanmar Times. The project, which is estimated to involve US$300 million (K410.18 billion) investment, is […]

Auction nets extra K140m from fishing license

According to him, 122 ponds were auctioned by the regional fisheries department at its branch in Nat Yay Kan, Amarapura townhship, from May 3 to 9 and 105 ponds were sold. Figures from the statistics department show that over K400 million was received from ponds that were sold through tender blocks and over K130 million […]

Invitation of Expression of Interest( EOI) for Cooperation in Plastic Factory (Kyaukse) under No. 2 Heavy Industrial Enterprise, Ministry of Industry

Subscribe to our tender alert mailing list   Plastic Factory (Kyaukse) under No. 2 Heavy Industrial Enterprise, Ministry of Industry tended to cooperate with Local and Foreign entrepreneurs in it. As a first step, Companies who interested in those cooperation are required to Expression of Interest (EoI) not later than 1:00 pm (Myanmar Standard Time), […]

MIC permitted eight enterprises including four garment enterprises

Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) granted permission to eight enterprises including four garment enterprises, according to an announcement released by MIC. These permitted enterprises include manufacturing of garments under Cut-Make-Pack (CMP) system, manufacturing and marketing the corns, prawns and assorted snacks, sterilized, sweetened and condensed Milk, corrugated carton box and beautification corrugated carton box and cement, […]