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Mining sector to open up 5,300 jobs

SARAWAK’S mining sector will be able to generate investments to the tune of RM6.7 billion, especially in the midstream and downstream industries by 2030. Second Natural Resources and Urban Development Minister and Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said the state government was confident the sector would bloom with plans implemented under the […]

Mining sector needs to create jobs

KUCHING: Sarawak has great potential to prosper and achieve equitable and inclusive development, but there is an urgent need to diversify the state’s economic and export structures. Assoc Prof Dr Fumitaka Furuoka from the Asia-Europe Institute, Universiti Malaya, said Sarawak’s heavy dependency on oil and gas (O&G) exports may have resulted in three key problems […]

Policy in the works for mining sector

A comprehensive policy framework is in the works for the mining sector in Sarawak. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said the state government through the Sarawak Economic Action Council (SEAC) is working out the details so that the mining sector, including the non-radioactive rare earth elements (NR-REE), could give maximum impact […]