Hisamuddin Bin Termidi
Director-General
Department Of Mineral And Geosciences Malaysia

Profile

Graduated as a mining engineer (B Mining Eng, Hons) from Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada in 1986. Began to join the civil service as a Research Officer in 1987 at the Institute of Minerals Research, Department of Mines Malaysia, in Ipoh. Then he was appointed as Assistant Director of Mines Sarawak or Inspector of Mines in 1990. After that he served in Kelantan, Johor and Ipoh, Perak before going to the Headquarters as Director of Mineral Economics in 2017 and then Director of Management and Planning. Served as Deputy Director General (Corporate and Mineral Economy) in 2019 and subsequently Deputy Director General (Operations) before serving as Director General of JMG on 15 February 2021.

Throughout his career in the government service, he has contributed to the development of the mining and quarrying industry in Malaysia, especially in drafting guidelines, SOPs as well as formulating policies and legislation (regulations). He has represented the department in preparing and presenting papers in local and international Conferences/Seminars/National Councils (MMN, MTN, MKNT, MPFN).

He has also represented Malaysia in many international meetings such as the Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) for cooperation in the field of minerals and geoscience such as the APEC Mining Task Force, ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Mining and Minerals (ASOMM, ASOMM+3 and AMMin), China- ASEAN Mining and Cooperation Forum (CAMCF) and as the Permanent Representative of Malaysia for the Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programs in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP).

Abstract

RESPONSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES: JMG’s PERSPECTIVE

Management of natural resources is not an easy task. Nowadays, people keep questioning or rather criticizing our actions from anything small to big, what more on exploitation of mineral resources that got something to do with environment. At times, the complaints are not fully factual but mixed with half-truths putting unnecessary fear to people and giving bad names to the industry. For that matter, the challenge to manage natural resources, like it or not, has to be responsible and sustainable besides at the same time able to be inclusive and enhance lives and livelihood of people especially adjacent communities. For the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources and in particular JMG, a federal department under it, governing the mineral resources is of paramount importance as the exploitation or mining of minerals will always be scrutinised.

In this paper emphasis is focussed on some policies of mineral resources in the country with respect to responsibility and sustainability and to a certain extent inclusivity in balancing the needs of the industry, States’ interests and the Federal Government program on “Transformasi Mineral Industri 2021-2030 (TIM 2021-2030)”.