More than 250 filling stations were allowed within ten months in 2019, bringing Myanmar’s total count to 2,462 filling stations across the country, according to figures from the Ministry of Electricity and Energy. There are 94 filling stations in Nay Pyi Taw, 186 filling stations in Yangon Region, 647 filling stations in Mandalay Region, 214 […]
Myanmar Govt Targets Mines Over Undelivered Gold Payments
November 21, 2019 by
Naypyitaw – The government will file lawsuits against 138 mining companies which allegedly failed to deliver gold to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, according to government spokesman U Zaw Htay. “We are planning to file lawsuits against 138 companies and have sent notices to 104 firms,” said U Zaw Htay. The Irrawaddy […]
Mandalay to spend k5.3b to prevent riverbank erosion in major rivers
November 19, 2019 by
Mandalay Region will spend K 5.3 billion (US$2.29 million) in 2020 to fortify river banks to prevent erosion, the regional Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems said. The measures to prevent riverbank erosion will be carried out in 20 villages along the Ayeyarwady River, Panlaung River, Chaung Ma Gyi Creek and Dokhtawady […]
Fugitive Myanmar Gold Mining Executive Arrested in Thailand
November 8, 2019 by
YANGON—National Prosperity Company (NPC) chair U Soe Tun Shein was arrested in Thailand and extradited to Myanmar on Wednesday after more than a year on the run. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MONREC) found in 2018 that NPC had failed to comply with an order, issued the previous year, to suspend its […]
Mandalay region goldfields tainted by whiff of corruption
October 4, 2019 by
Illegal mining is flourishing at the troubled Moehti Moemi goldfields in Mandalay Region and some say weak law enforcement and corruption are to blame. IT IS MORE than 18 months since the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation ordered mining companies at the Moehti Moemi goldfields to suspend operations over outstanding bullion payments to […]
Badly behaved Chinese tourists draw local ire in Myanmar
October 1, 2019 by
Mahagandhayon monastery in Mandalay Region is one of Myanmar’s most prominent monastic colleges. Well known for its adherence to the Buddhist monastic codes, every year it attracts thousands of tourists eager to glimpse the peaceful monastic life of the more than 1,500 monks who reside and study Buddhist teachings there. For visiting tourists, the monastery’s […]
Mandalay poultry farmers blame high chick prices for losses
September 9, 2019 by
Poultry farms in Mandalay Region are suffering losses because of high chick prices and can’t make enough money to offset production costs, according to U Kyaw Htin, chair of the Mandalay Livestock Federation. The price of chicks should be fixed at about K600, but it was nearly K800 in late August, so it could have […]
Automobiles to roll off new assembly line in Mandalay
August 6, 2019 by
Myanmar has been importing car parts and assembling them for years, but now Chinese cars will be produced here for the first time, at Myotha industrial zone in Ngazun township, Mandalay Region. Shining Star Group of Kunming, China, established Gold AYA Motor International Co Ltd to make automobiles in Myanmar in 2017. The plant on […]
Few food producers in Mandalay have proper certification: FDA
July 25, 2019 by
There are only about 100 food businesses that have received the approval of the Food and Drug Administration in Mandalay Region, said U San Win, chair of the Mandalay office of the Myanmar Food Processors and Exporters Association. Although there are over 3000 food-related businesses in Mandalay, the number of business with FDA approval is […]
