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    Four miners shot dead at jade mine
    May 17, 2017in Lead Story, Natural resources, News781by DVB
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    Four miners shot dead at jade mine

    Sagaing MP says: “The security guards did not attempt to stop the miners from walking in, but then fired on them as soon as they had done so.”

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    210-ton slab of jade unearthed in Hpakant
    October 14, 2016in Kachin, Lead Story, Natural resources, News428by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    210-ton slab of jade unearthed in Hpakant

    “Its weight was calculated at 210 tons upon discovery; however the top broke off during the excavation … that was about 40 tons worth.”

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    Restructure jade industry in post-sanctions Burma, says Global Witness
    September 20, 2016in Kachin, Lead Story, Natural resources, News281by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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    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.

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    Senior govt officials sacked after jade investigation
    March 3, 2016in Lead Story, News231by DVB
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    Senior govt officials sacked after jade investigation

    Two senior government officials have been sacked in connection with unregulated jade mining operations in the country’s north.

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    Mining ministry shrugs off safety concerns
    December 18, 2015in Lead Story, News785by SHWE AUNG / DVB
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    Mining ministry shrugs off safety concerns

    The Burmese government has vowed greater oversight of mining practices following a slew of on-site disasters in the country’s north.

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    Deadly jade rush hastens in Hpakant
    December 16, 2015in Kachin, Lead Story, News, Politics350by REUTERS
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    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…

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