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 […]
Workers protest to lift ban on blocked gold mine
Workers have started a weeklong protest to regain mining rights for Moehti Moemi gold mine in Yamethin district of Mandalay, which had its permit blocked by the government, said an official of the National Prosperity Company on Wednesday. Around 500 protesters began the protest on Sunday and will continue until Saturday to push for their […]
National Prosperity Company to be sued over gold debt
The National Prosperity Company (NPC), which has been mining gold at Moehti Moemi mine in Yamethin township, Mandalay, will face civil charges over its remaining gold debt to the state amid the termination of its contract, said U Khin Maung Win, deputy general manager of the mining enterprise No. 2 and branch head of the […]