Myanmar Pongpipat/Saidang Company/Heinda Tin Mine
Removed from the Dirty List 21 January 2022
Pongpipat was removed from the ‘Dirty List’ on 21st January 2022 after then informed us that they were no longer involved in mining in Burma.
About the company
Myanmar Pongpipat/Saidang Company/Heinda Tin Mine
Myanmar Pongpipat is a Thai-owned mining company which operates the Heinda Mine in Dawei, Tanintharyi Region. For decades the mine has been linked with human rights violations and environmental destruction, including the forced removal of villages without proper compensation, and ground water contamination which has destroyed wildlife and livelihoods.
Contact:
Mr. Kriangkrai Chavaltanpipat
Managing Director
Email: Kriangkrai@Pongpipat.com
Sources:
Tanintharyi villagers keep up fight against tin mine – Frontier Myanmar – 11th March 2019
https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/tanintharyi-villagers-keep-up-fight-against-tin-mine
Heinda tin mine, Dawei, Myanmar – Environmental Justice Atlas – accessed July 2019
https://ejatlas.org/conflict/heinda-tin-mine-dawei-region-myanmar
Notified 16th July 2019
Added to the Dirty List 20 August 2019
Removed from the Dirty List 21 January 2022
The Dirty List
The Dirty List names international companies doing business with the military in Burma. The list also includes international companies involved in projects where there are human rights violations or environmental destruction.
In September 2018, the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar, which has been investigating human rights violations in the country, stated:
“The actions of the Tatmadaw (Burmese military) in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan States, in particular in the context of the ‘clearance operations’ in northern Rakhine State in 2016 and 2017, have so seriously violated international law that any engagement in any form with the Tatmadaw, its current leadership, and its businesses, is indefensible.”
A PDF of the full Dirty List is available here.