KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 — There is currently no specific agreement for the mining industry between the federal government, state governments or mining operators.
The Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change, however, said it is willing to cooperate and provide advisory services to the state governments for the development of the mineral industry.
“The development of the mineral industry in this country contributes directly to the national economy through royalty collection and mineral tenement approval payments to the state government.
“Based on the records of the Department of Minerals and Geosciences (JMG), the amount of royalties collected for minerals and rock materials including tin, gold and kaolin collected by the state government is worth as much as RM421 million in 2021.
“For minerals that are exported, there is no duty imposed at this time,” the ministry said in a parliamentary written reply adding that the ministry’s roles were limited to regulating three areas — mining activities, processing and export.
The ministry was responding to Perikatan Nasional’s Gerik MP Fathul Huzir Ayob who asked whether the ministry had agreements with state governments to cooperate on mineral extraction similar to contracts with Petronas.
The Gerik MP had asked with specific reference to tin, gold, kaolin and lanthanides.
The ministry added that other direct revenue to the government is through corporate tax levied on mining companies.
“While for tin, cess collection was based on 40 sen per kilogramme of tin concentrate exported.
“According to the records of the Lembaga Perusahaan Timah (LPT), the cess collection of tin in 2021 was RM1,685,202.00,” the ministry said.
