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Against Letpadaung copper mining in Myanmar and the openDemocracy

All rights mine at Letpadaung is a joint venture between Wanbao a subsidiary of Norinco a Chinese industrial manufacturing company that also specializes in high tech weapons

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Burma Partnership BURMA Two Sharply Contrasting Reports The Asian Human Rights Commission has since mid 2024 closely followed documented and reported on the struggle of farmers in the Letpadaung Hills of central Burma against the expansion of a copper mining operation under a military owned holding company and a partner company from China

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Report of Evidence Regarding Controversies at Burma Partnership

Lawyers Network/Justice Trust report on Letpadaung copper mine DEDICATION Re Borne on Letpadaung Hill 99 monks sitting steadfast in circles One heart beating true for land loving peoples Channeling the power of powerlessness Flutt ring on butterfly wings of compassion Chanting peace sutras under fire bombs flying Tossed like sticks

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Two more civilians brutally murdered near Letpadaung copper mining

Published on Jun 23 2024 The victims are cremated on June 22 Supplied Locals found the mutilated bodies of two men near the Letpadaung copper mining project in Sagaing Region s Salingyi Township on Wednesday morning following a military raid on a nearby village The deceased were identified as Tin Soe 50 and Pwa Gyi 40 of Moe Gyo Pyin

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Burma s Copper Mine Saga Opens Old Wound The Irrawaddy

although controversy has swirled around the mine ever since it was first opened in 1996 in partnership with canada s ivanhoe which divested its shares about a decade later the current confrontation dates back only to august of this year when more than 300 residents from 12 villages in the letpadaung mountain range started staging protests to …

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Letpadaung Investigation Commission Issues Final Report Charltons Myanmar

The Letpadaung Taung Investigation Commission Commission has issued its complete and final report Report into the Letpadaung Taung copper mining project Project The Letpadaung deposit is one of four significant mineralized deposits located in west central Myanmar approximately 5 kilometres west of the town of Monywa situated 110 kilometres west of Mandalay and 832 kilometres north of

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Tension erupts in clashes near Letpadaung copper mine Myanmar NOW

Locals have long opposed the Letpadaung copper mine which has caused widespread damage to the surrounding environment and involved the seizure of thousands of acres of land from villagers who were reportedly evicted without sufficient compensation We are suffering because of these projects Letpadaung protest leader Myo Min said

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Myanmar Villagers Agree to Relocate From China Backed Copper Mine

Yangon — Villagers near a China backed copper mining project in Salingyi Township Sagaing Region have agreed to relocate to a new site after years of disputes over compensation for confiscated land China Wanbao Engineering Company has been operating the controversial Letpadaung copper mine in partnership with the military owned Union of

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Put Us in Prison Letpadaung Protesters Say The Irrawaddy

The Letpadaung copper mining project has displaced farming families in 26 villages from their land with more than 7 000 acres confiscated in 2024 Protests began last year against the project which is a joint venture between the Chinese Wanbao company and Burma s military owned Union of Myanmar Economics Holdings

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Burma Human Rights Groups Condemn Ongoing Crackdown on Protests and

The appeal came during a launch event in Rangoon today of the Burmese language version of the report of an international fact finding mission on freedoms of expression assembly and association in Burma held in October 2024 by FORUM ASIA a Bangkok based regional human rights group representing 47 organizations in 16 Asian countries

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Left behind by the Letpadaung copper mine Frontier Myanmar

We grew sesame beans wheat It depended on the season Today however those farmlands have largely disappeared replaced by the Letpadaung Copper Mine the heavily fortified compound of which looms to the village s north As dusk descended over the village the sound of stones being crushed on the site could be heard in the distance

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Letpadaung Copper Mine

The Union Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Conservation Minister Ohn Win said that the profit received by the State within eight months from Letpadaung copper mine which is owned and jointly operated by Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd MEHL and China s Wanbao Company was about US$ 20 million The State s share of 23 metric […]

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Myanmar s junta vows to defend China backed copper mine after PDF

Reports that operators are restarting the 60 year old Letpadaung copper mine project which has already faced criticism for appropriating land from 26 area villages and damaging

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China promises Myanmar responsible investment but copper mine clashes

Payments for the Letpadaung project to the junta and the MEHL for the 2024 2024 fiscal year are estimated to be US$417 million Altogether it amounts to $725 million if payments from the other two Chinese run mine projects Sabetaung Kyesintaung S K mines and Tagaung Taung mines are included

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Myanmar Foreign mining companies colluding in serious abuses and

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 more people forcibly evicted since 2024 to make way for the letpadaung mine which is run by chinese company wanbao and union of myanmar economic holdings …

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Mine Next to Letpadaung Under Fire for Toxic Dust

Protesters march near the Letpadaung copper mine in Salingyi township Sagaing on March 13 2024 AFP A China backed copper mine operating alongside the controversial Letpadaung

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Copper mining Online Burma/Myanmar Library

Chinese operated copper mine projects in the resource rich region have generated controversy among locals especially in the town of Letpadaung where China s Wanbao Mining Copper Ltd and the Myanmar military owned conglomerate Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd UMEHL operate a large mine

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Burma Partnership Letpadaung Copper Mine 2024 12 9 Myanmar Letpadaung Mine Protesters Still Denied Justice Myanmar s government stands accused of putting profits before human rights at the Letpadaung copper mine with continued detention of activists and continued refusal to investigate

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Burma Partnership Authorities Arrest Mine Activists

The government has also ordered protesters to leave the Letpadaung Copper Mine s premises in northwestern Burma by midnight or face legal action Moe Thway who helped coordinate the protests on Monday and is now on the run from police said authorities moved in to arrest the leaders after the size of the protests had swelled to six camps

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Wanbao must stick to its commitments The Myanmar Times

The Letpadaung mine is a joint venture between Chinese company Wanbao and the military owned Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited The mine operator Myanmar Wanbao has made a public commitment to sustainable development and human rights in the final draft of its comprehensive Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ESIA which was released on 25 June 2024

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Mine Protesters Freed on Bail — Radio Free Asia

The protesters who campaigned against a copper mine in northern Burma will face trial Wastewater at the Chinese owned Letpadaung copper mine in central Burma s Sagaing division Oct

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Myanmar Letpadaung mine protesters still denied justice

Between 110 and 150 people were injured with some suffering horrific burns and lifelong disability The Letpadaung copper mining project has come to represent all that is wrong with the Myanmar government s approach of prioritizing profits and foreign investment over human rights Meghna Abraham Director of Global Issues at Amnesty International

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China Myanmar relations Wikipedia

China Myanmar relations Chinese In November 2024 peaceful villagers protesting against the Letpadaung Copper Mine were attacked by police and Chinese workers In the attacks police used white phosphorus military munitions resulting in burns and injuries to dozens of protesters including monks The protests were due to coercion and

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Letpadaung The struggle continues Frontier Myanmar

The project a partnership between China s state owned Myanmar Wanbao Mining Copper Limited and military owned Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited was tainted from the start by allegations of illegal seizures and forced evictions as well as environmental and health concerns in surrounding villages

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Burma Partnership Letpadaung Copper Mine

UA 98/15 Index ASA 16/1563/2024 Myanmar Date 5 2024 12 17 1980s and the Letpadaung mine which is currently being built Between 2024 and 2024 the Monywa project was taken over by the military owned conglomerate the Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited UMEHL and Wanbao Mining Ltd a Chinese mining company which is a subsidiary of China North Industries Corporation NORINCO

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Burma Partnership Civil Society and Community Groups Condemn the

Suspend the Letpadaung copper mine so there can be an adequate assessment of impacts of the project including compensation for damages already incurred Conduct an independent investigation with international experts into the crackdown on 29 November in order to seek truth and to provide justice for the victims

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Episode 75 Anger remains for Letpadaung villagers Frontier Myanmar

Since economic and political reforms began in Myanmar in 2024 one of the most controversial projects in the country has been the Letpadaung Copper Mine close to Monywa in Sagaing Region This week in partnership with the Monywa Gazette Doh Athan visits villagers affected by the project and hears about some of their concerns towards it

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Letpadaung Outrage Grows in Northwest Burma and Rangoon The Irrawaddy

Hundreds of people took to the streets to protest against a controversial copper mine project in northwest Burma on Monday following demonstrations against the project last week and exactly five months after a crackdown on protesters near the mine left dozens injured in November Calling for an immediate end to the Letpadaung mine project

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Letpadaung Fields of Fire The Irrawaddy

Myanmar Wanbao Mining Copper Ltd signed a joint venture with UMEHL in mid 2024 and a 60 year land grant for the project was acquired from the Ministry of Home Affairs in August 2024 Since then just over 7 867 acres of land in the Letpadaung region have been confiscated to make way for the US$997 million expansion of the copper mine

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Emel Zerrouk Sustainability Consultant Provincial Health Services

Development forced land grabs and resistance in refrming Myanmar The Letpadaung Copper Mine Routledge August 21 2024 Found in the Book Global Implications of Development Disasters and Climate Change Responses to Displacement from Asia Pacific Delighted to collaborate with the Global Water Partnership on the next session of their MOOC

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