HWGB will start tin ore mining soon (CIMB)

Ho Wah Genting plans to start its tin ore mining operations in Perak immediately after the Chinese New Year, said its CEO William Teo Tiew. “We plan to start operations sometime in February and we expect earnings from the mining operations to be realised in the current financial year.” The company has a concession from the Perak state government to extract tin until 2018 at a 202.4ha site in Pengkalan Hulu in Grik. (BT)