Mining Ordinance News Today

Kota Kinabalu: The High Court on Monday allowed the application by Sabah Action Body Advocating Rights (Sabar) to amend its originating summons, challenging the Territorial Sea Act 2012 (TSA), to add certain articles of the Federal Constitution.

Kota Kinabalu: State Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Christina Liew wants a clear explanation on the ongoing gold mining activity at Bukit Mantri in Tawau which is supposed to stop after being ordered by the State Minerals and Geosciences Department (JMG) to do so.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is looking into the contentious claim that the gold mining operations in Tawau are illegal, says state Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Christina Liew.

KOTA KINABALU: A Parti Warisan assemblyman raised a poser over the legality of the Tawau gold mining operations amid the state government’s stance that it is legal.

Kota Kinabalu: A civil action filed by Sabah Action Body Advocating Rights (Sabar) disputing the validity of the Territorial Sea Act 2012 (TSA), which limits the State’s maritime boundary to only three nautical miles, was heard in the High Court here Monday.

KOTA KINABALU (Oct 16): The High Court here on Monday fixed January 31, 2024 for oral submissions of an originating summons filed by registered trustees of Sabah Action Body Advocating Rights (SABAR) to get declarations that Continental Shelf and Petroleum Mining Acts 1966 are inapplicable in Sabah

KUCHING (Sept 16): Sarawak's Oil and Mining Ordinance (OMO) 1958 and Petroleum Development Act 1974 (PDA 1974) should co-exist in the spirit of the Federation of Malaysia, said Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg. He said that the coexistence of the two laws serve as a crucial r

After over a year of research and discussion, the Waite Park city council will consider approving an amendment to their mining ordinance.

A Kiaps Chronicle BILL BROWN MBE INTRODUCTION Bill (William Thomas) Brown was born on 6 December 1929 and educated at Sydney Technical High School. He was selected to attend the Australian School of Pacific Administration (ASOPA) before being transferred to...

THE a companying picture is deceptive of a beautiful lake but is in fact a deadly cocktail of heavy metals laden waste acidic water leftover from the Mamut Copper Mine at Ranau.  It is a constant reminder of the slack legislation and poor understanding of the enviromental costs and effects in the 1970s that allowed the only Malaysian open pit copper mine to operate in Sabah.  The law has since been tightened up in the 1990s with the amended Sabah Mining Ordinance which required the set...