Following a recommendation of the Aung San Suu Kyi led Letpadaung Copper Mining Project Investigation Commission the contractual agreement between the stakeholders was amended in 2013 Under the revised agreement 51 percent of profits go to the Burmese government while UMEHL gets 19 percent and Wanbao is granted 30 percent
Chinese mining firm Wanbao has expressed deep concerns in response to threats from resistance groups fighting Myanmar s military regime In partnership with the military owned Myanma Economic Holdings Ltd Wanbao and its two subsidiaries Myanmar Wanbao Mining Copper Ltd and Myanmar Yang Tse Copper Ltd run three copper mines
Following three days of drone attacks by the armed resistance on troops at the Letpadaung copper mine in Salingyi Township the Myanmar army responded with a counteroffensive on Thursday resistance sources said Nine civilians killed by Myanmar junta airstrikes after ruby mining resumes in Mogok November 12 2024
In addition the amount of taxes paid by the project is also among the highest in foreign funded enterprises in Myanmar The Letpadaung copper mine has realized high quality development through promoting improvement in quality and efficiency In 2018 the mine s output of cathode copper had exceeded 100 000 tonnes for the first time since it
Description "Nearly 200 villagers in the copper mining area of northwestern Myanmar s Sagaing region staged a protest on Monday against a Chinese backed company that they claim has not paid them reasonable compensation after seizing their farmland for a mining project locals said Residents of Kankone village in Salingyi township marched from their
Myanmar Foreign Mining Companies Colluding in Serious Abuses and Illegality By Amnesty International • February 10 2015 Canadian and Chinese mining interests have profited from and in some cases colluded with the Myanmar authorities in serious human rights abuses and illegal activity around the Monywa copper mine complex which includes the
As 2014 ended seeing Burma s reforms backsliding and the peace process stalling Burma welcomed 2015 with many unresolved issues continuing to face people across the country The ongoing dispute between local villagers and the Burma Government and Wanbao a Chinese mining company over land grabs and environmental damage continues to rumble on
It profited from more than a decade of copper mining carried out in partnership with Myanmar s military government without attempting to address the thousands left destitute S&K and the Letpadaung copper mines S&K has been operational since the 1980s Letpadaung is under construction
The Australian branch of the global consulting firm Knight Pisold is providing social and environmental services to the China owned Wanbao Mining for copper mines that operate in partnership with MEHL a conglomerate Australia sanctioned on February 1 2023
Press Release Justice Trust By Justice Trust • March 14 2015 — A group of Buddhist monks who were severely injured at Letpadaung copper mine on 29 November 2012 will announce the launch of a lawsuit against Home Affairs Minister General Ko Ko for ordering an illegal police action that used phosphorus munitions
Land The image of Chinese investment in Myanmar has suffered from the poor management of land acquisition and livelihood compensation in some high profile projects such as the Myanmar China Oil and Gas Pipelines the Letpadaung Copper Mine and the now suspended Myitsone Dam For the acquisition of land Chinese corporations had to rely on
The struggle of farmers and their allies in the Letpadaung Hills of central Myanmar against the expansion of a copper mining operation under a military owned holding company and a partner company from China obtained international attention when in the early morning hours of 29 November 2012 paramilitary police launched a night time
BURMA Absurd and Offensive Pretext to Remove Demonstrators Opposed to Mining Project By Asian Human Rights Commission • November 28 2012 In the latest turn of events in the struggle against the Letpadaung copper mining project in upper Burma about which the Asian Human Rights Commission has been campaigning since mid 2012 the government
In 1996 Canadian company Ivanhoe Mines Ltd entered into a joint venture with a Myanmar state company Mining Enterprise No 1 ME1 to set up the Myanmar Ivanhoe Copper Company Limited MICCL
Amnesty International documented police use of white phosphorous among other serious human rights abuses and illegal activity related to the Monywa copper mine project in a report published in February 2015 The Monywa project comprises the Sabetaung and Kyisintaung S&K and the Letpadaung copper mines S&K has been operational since the
A crackdown on protesters at a Chinese backed copper mine in Myanmar has left at least one person dead the company that runs the project said today in a The statement from the company
Employees work in the Letpadaung Cooper Mine Photos Courtesy of Wanbao A three hour s drive from Myanmar s second largest city Mandalay sits the Letpadaung Copper Mine spanning about 40 000
The Letpadaung Copper Mine operated by China s Wanbao Mining Ltd in the Monywa Sagaing Region Myanmar is one of the demonstration projects under the Belt and Road Initiative BRI With a 30 year production cycle the mine which is one of the largest copper hydrometallurgy projects in Asia has brought large benefits to the population
BURMA Two Sharply Contrasting Reports on the Struggle for Land at Letpadaung By Asian Human Rights Commission • April 3 2013 The Asian Human Rights Commission has since mid 2012 closely followed documented and reported on the struggle of farmers in the Letpadaung Hills of central Burma against the expansion of a copper mining
The Letpadaung Copper Mine located in Myanmar s mineral rich Sagaing region has been a source of ongoing controversy since its inception Operated by Wanbao Mining Ltd a subsidiary of Chinese state owned Norinco in partnership with Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited MEHL the project has faced numerous challenges including local protests
Myanmar employees operate equipment in a production line of Letpadaung copper mine Photo Sun Guangyong/People s Daily app Letpadaung copper mine project in Monywa Sagaing Region of Myanmar as one of the demonstration projects under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative BRI has brought tangible benefits to Sagaing Region
The US imposed sanctions on Wanbao Mining and its entities in 2021 for supporting Myanmar s military regime The three copper mines affect around 25 000 people living in more than 30 villages in Salingyi and neighboring Yinmabin township Wanbao has been operating the controversial Letpadaung mine since 2010
The struggle of farmers and their allies in the Letpadaung Hills of central Myanmar against the expansion of a copper mining operation under a military owned holding company and a partner company from China obtained international attention when in the early morning hours of 29 November 2012 paramilitary police launched a night time
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