Myanmar’s deadliest mine collapse in recent history caught the world’s attention in July, but local frustration with an industry controlled by outside companies has been growing for years. This article was supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting It was the deadliest landslide in Myanmar’s recent history – about 200 jade miners buried in […]
Patheingyi Township will take action against illegal developments, house building
April 8, 2019 by
Patheingyi Township City Development Committee Chairman Nyunt Sann told Mizzima that they would take severe action against those building houses, roads, and developing residential areas on farmland in Patheingyi Township, Mandalay Region and transporting building materials of sand and quarry. “We have taken action against filling earth on plots, building roads and building houses on […]
Still no new takers in deregulated domestic fuel market
October 22, 2018 by
Despite the relaxation of regulations for foreign investors to enter the fuel import and distribution business in Myanmar, no new companies have entered the market over the last year, said U Thant Sin, vice chair of Supervisory Committee for Petroleum and Petroleum Product Enterprises at a press conference on October 11. Previously, the Ministry of […]
