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    Tagged: mining

    Lead Story Natural resources News

    Jade miner, 18, shot dead in Hpakant

    The fatal incident occurred after a crowd of freelance miners gathered at the site entrance to protest the temporary closure of the mine by its contractors.

    Kachin Lead Story Natural resources News

    Tanai’s mining evacuees need long-term solutions, say Kachin church leaders

    Church leaders in Tanai estimate that about a thousand people have sought sanctuary at churches in the town.

    Dawei Development Lead Story News

    Dawei left high and dry by mining firms

    Located in southeastern Burma by the Andaman Sea, Dawei, or Tavoy, is set to be a strategic channel for connecting with trade partners around the South China Sea.

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    Lead Story Natural resources News Tenasserim

    Tenasserim tin mine allegedly pollutes creek

    The Heinda Tin Mine is operated by Myanmar Pongpipat Co Ltd which is owned by a Thai company but registered in Burma.

    Chin Environment Land Lead Story Natural resources News Uncategorized

    Kuki villagers call for halt to gold mining

    Ethnic villagers in Sagaing Division say that gold mining along the fourth largest river in Burma is ruining farmland and causing tension in the community

    Kachin Lead Story Natural resources News

    Hpakant’s jade foragers rally for mining rights

    The protestors issued a list of six points, including a demand to permit day-labourers forage freely through mounds of soil dumped by mining companies.

    Environment Lead Story Natural resources News

    Production slowing fast at Wa State tin mine

    Output from a tin mine in Wa State is falling sharply and deposits could be depleted in “two to three years”, said senior mine officials.

    Crime Lead Story Natural resources News

    Chinese nationals nabbed for mining sandstone in Shan State

    Local authorities put a stop to some Chinese mining ventures in the area in 2014 following complaints by local villagers, but illegal operations have continued.

    Karenni Lead Story Natural resources News

    Australian firm expects Karenni mining permit approved soon

    Eumeralla and its local partner Myanmar Energy Resources Group are seeking to explore a 400km-square area in Karenni State.

    Kachin Lead Story Natural resources News

    Restructure jade industry in post-sanctions Burma, says Global Witness

    Burma’s billion-dollar jade industry needs a reformed legal framework to release it from the grip of the military elites, drug lords and crony companies, says British transparency watchdog.

    Health Lead Story News Sagaing

    Metal contamination on Chindwin River ‘dangerously high’

    “We discovered that the contamination of heavy metals such as iron, copper and arsenic has increased in the Chindwin River due to waste disposal from gold mining operations,” said the Ministry of Transport’s Director-General.

    Conflict Lead Story Natural resources News

    Gold miners flee clashes in Kachin State

    Fighting between government troops and the KIA forces hundreds of people to flee gold-mining sites in Kachin State’s Kamaing Township.

    Conflict Lead Story Natural resources News

    Shan coal mine linked to army offensive, abuses: report

    A new report alleges that a recent Burmese army offensive in Shan State was linked to coal-mining operations opposed by local people.

    Land Lead Story News Sagaing

    Sagaing farmers call for compensation, closure of nickel mine

    Residents from 22 villages around the town of Tigyaing said they lost a total of 16,632 acres to land grabs by the military government between 2005 and 2008 to make way for the Tagaung Nickel Mining Project and other ventures.

    Kachin Lead Story Natural resources News

    Thugs beat up Burman scavengers in Hpakant, says local NLD leader

    “They were tied to bamboo poles and tortured. And they were warned not to scavenge on a ‘Kachin’ site.”

    Business Lead Story Natural resources News

    Australian company buys majority stake in Sagaing mine

    Brisbane-based Metro Mining is one of the first Western mining companies to invest in Burma since a revised mining law was introduced late last year.

    Karenni Lead Story Natural resources News

    Mawchi miners warned of monsoon mudslides

    The warnings come after mining operations were suspended last October for several months following a mudslide that killed at least 28 people.

    Lead Story Natural resources News

    Villagers call on govt to intervene in dispute with Delco mines

    Villagers in Tenasserim Division’s Yebyu Township say they want the regional government to mediate in their dispute with mining company Delco Ltd.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters Natural resources News

    At least 13 buried in latest Hpakant landslide

    Local officials say around 20 people may have been buried when a slag heap collapsed on Thursday evening.

    Lead Story Natural resources News

    Five bodies pulled from jade mine rubble

    The victims were all men aged between 20 and 40.

    Environment Lead Story News

    ‘Conservation should be a major concern’: Myanmar Green Network

    Devi Thant Cin of the Myanmar Green Network explains why she opposes planned coal plants and what environmental reforms an NLD government should introduce.

    Kachin Lead Story News Politics

    Deadly jade rush hastens in Hpakant

    Miners have been tearing into Burma’s northern hills in recent months, in a rush to excavate more jade from the world’s richest deposits of the gemstone before a new government takes office next year.

    VIDEO: Chancing death in Burma’s ruby mines video

    Bullet Points Lead Story News Video

    VIDEO: Chancing death in Burma’s ruby mines

    “You can count yourself dead once you descend down the mine.”

    Hpakant miners back at work after deadly landslide video

    Business Environment Lead Story News

    Hpakant miners back at work after deadly landslide

    Hpakant miners are continuing to risk their lives to find precious stones less than a week after a nearby landslide killed more than a hundred people.

    Hpakent counts the human cost of jade mining video

    Environment Lead Story News Video

    Hpakent counts the human cost of jade mining

    Clean up from the devastating landslide in Hpakent is underway. Rescue workers had recovered 113 bodies by Monday 5pm (local time).

    Lead Story Natural resources News

    Hopes fade for 100 missing at jade mine

    Hopes fade on Monday that any of 100 people still missing would be found alive two days after a landslide hit near a jade mine in Kachin State.

    Karenni Lead Story News

    Mawchi mudslide: death toll rises, rains continue

    The Karenni State government has ordered the suspension of all mining operations in Mawchi, following a deadly mudslide that claimed the lives of 28 locals.

    VIDEO: Search for Mawchi landslide survivors continues video

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News Video

    VIDEO: Search for Mawchi landslide survivors continues

    Twenty eight people have now been confirmed dead as a result of a disastrous landslide in eastern Burma on Sunday.

    Karenni Land Lead Story News

    Mawchi mudslide: Death toll rises to 18

    The death toll from the devastating mudslide in Mawchi has risen to 18, with dozens left homeless in the Karenni State town, according to relief workers.

    Karenni Lead Story Natural Disasters Natural resources News

    10 dead as mudslides hit Karenni mining town

    According to local sources in Mawchi, several homes were also destroyed in the devastation, leaving locals without food, shelter or clothing.

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