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  2. Straits Trading Company - Wikipedia

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    The Straits Trading Company Limited is a Singapore-based corporation with operations in Singapore and Malaysia, as well as various localities in Asia and Australia.. Founded in 1887, the company was the result of a partnership for tin smelting between James Sword, a Scottish businessman, and Herman Muhlinghaus, a German entrepreneur; the Straits Trading Company was later incorporated in ...

  3. Butterworth, Seberang Perai - Wikipedia

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    The town's tin industry players include Malaysia Smelting Corporation, the world's second largest supplier of tin and a subsidiary of the Singapore-listed Straits Trading Company. [26] Meanwhile, the Port of Penang is the third busiest seaport in Malaysia, handling 1.52 million TEUs of container in 2017. [7]

  4. Mining in Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    Tin mining is one of the earliest type of mining operated in Malaysia, starting in the 1820s in Perak and in 1824 in Selangor. [1] The development of mining industries in Malaysia attracted many Chinese immigrants who came to the state in 18th and 19th centuries to work and develop the mines. [2] The majority of Malayan tin mined prior to the ...

  5. Malaysia Smelting Corporation Berhad Third Quarter 2022 ... - AOL

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    Malaysia Smelting Corporation Berhad ( KLSE:MSC ) Third Quarter 2022 Results Key Financial Results Revenue: RM344.1m... Malaysia Smelting Corporation Berhad Third Quarter 2022 Earnings: RM0.075 ...

  6. History of George Town, Penang - Wikipedia

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    George Town, the capital city of the state of Penang, is the second largest city in Malaysia and the economic centre of the country's northern region. The history of George Town began with its establishment by Captain Francis Light of the British East India Company in 1786. Founded as a free port, George Town became the first British settlement ...

  7. List of companies of Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    Location of Malaysia. Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia. It is a relatively state-oriented and newly industrialised market economy. [1] [2] The state plays a significant but declining role in guiding economic activity through macroeconomic plans.

  8. Chung Thye Phin - Wikipedia

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    Chung Thye Phin was born in the village of Kota, Taiping, at the Perak Sultanate on 28 September 1879. [10] He was the fourth son of Chinese tin-mining business magnate and philanthropist Chung Keng Quee (1827–1901) and Foo Teng Nyong (1849–1883), Chung's third wife. [11][12] His name, Thye Phin (Chinese: 太平), was named after the town ...

  9. 1Malaysia Development Berhad - Wikipedia

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    1Malaysia Development Berhad. 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB; Malay: [ˈsatu maˈlajʃa dɛˈvɛlɔpmɛn (t) bərˈɦad]) is an insolvent [1] Malaysian strategic development company, wholly owned by the Minister of Finance (Incorporated). [2][3] In 2015, the company became the subject of a major international corruption scandal, with ...