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THE HISTORY
Established as The On 1st July 1999, the
Research Division Department of Mines
of the Department and the Department of
of Mines, Ministry Geological Survey
of Primary Department has
1951 Industries and was 1999 merged to become the
located in Jalan Department of Minerals
Gurney, Kuala and Geoscience
Lumpur Malaysia (JMG). The MRI
has been rebranded as
Mineral Research
The Research Centre on the 1st
Division was moved January 2001.
to Ipoh, Perak in
1955. This centre
was officially JMG Malaysia was
placed under the new of
1957 launched by the 2004 ministry namely
first Prime Minister
YTM Tunku Abdul Ministry of Natural
Rahman on 4th May Resources and
1957. The first Chief Environment (NRE)
Research Officer
was Mr. John Henry
Harris
JMG Malaysia was
In 1973, the status positioned under the
of the division was Ministry of Water, Land
elevated to Mines and Natural Resources
1973 Research Institute 2018 (KATS). In 2020, JMG
(MRI) Malaysia was placed
under the Ministry of
Energy and Natural
Attributable to the Resources (KeTSA)
collapse of tin
industry in the mid-
1980’s, the research
works in the Institute
gradually As December 2022,
transformed its focus JMG has been assigned
to the Ministry of
1980 towards upgrading 2022 Natural Resources,
research aside from
tin minerals Environment and
particularly ilmenite, Climate Change
monazite, zircon, (NRECC).
copper, gold,
xenotime iron,
wolframite, bauxite
and industrial
minerals including
kaolin, marble,
gravels, silica sand
and clay
