National mining policy to be rolled out in three months, says Fadillah


Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof's press conference after the Second National Mineral Council Meeting (MMN2) at Implementation Coordination Unit, Prime Minister’s Office. — LOW LAY PHON/The Star

PUTRAJAYA: A new national mineral policy to manage the extraction of minerals nationwide will be developed over the next three months, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.

"The new policy will set new standard operating procedures (SOP) that all mining operations across the country must follow.

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