Extractive Industries

Minerals and mineral products

China to back Kampot power plant

An unnamed Chinese investor will put nearly US$400 million into a 300-megawatt coal-powered plant in Kampot province, officials said yesterday. The plant, slated for a November groundbreaking, will provide power for the Kampot Special Economic Zone, the nearby Prey Nob oil refinery in Preah Sihanouk province ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012061956867/Business/china-to-back-kampot-plant.html

Chinese Iron Ore Firm Paid for New CPP District Office

A Chinese mining firm has donated about $200,000 toward the building of a new district headquarters for the ruling CPP in Preah Vihear province, officials said yesterday. Kong Makara, director of the provincial industry, mines and energy office, said that Chinese company Cambodian Iron Holding and ...

Cambodia Plans To Be Gem And Jewelry Market Supply In Southeast Asia

Cambodia plans to be gem and jewelry market supply in Southeast Asia region, commerce minister said at the fourth Cambodia gems and jewelry fair 2012 at Koh Pich (Diamond Island Center) on June 14. He adds: Ministry of Commerce is continuing its efforts to monitor and ...

http://thesoutheastasiaweekly.com/

Koh Pich hopes gem fair shines

The five-day Cambodia Gems & Jewelry Fair (CGJF) will kick off on June 14 at the Diamond Island (Koh Pich) Exhibition Centre and will be hosted by the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce in association with Hong Kong’s World Trade Fair Ltd. the CGJF has attracted companies ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012061356761/National-news/garment-workers-back-to-table-for-more-talks.html

4th Cambodia Gems And Jewelry Fair

Cambodian Ministry of Commerce in association with Hong Kong’s World Trade Fair (International) Limited as International sole agent), the annual national flagship jewelry fair – The 4th Cambodia Gems & Jewelry Fair (4th CGJF), will be held on June 14 to 17, 2012 at Diamond Island Convention & Exhibition Centre (Koh Pich), at the ...

http://thesoutheastasiaweekly.com/

Gold Being Sold Fast as Int’l Price Drops

The falling price of gold on international markets is leading to high sales of the precious metal in Cambodia as consumers fear prices could continue to tumble, gold traders said yesterday. Gold on the international market traded at $1,632.90 per troy ounce in New York yesterday ...

Angkor Gold identifies northeast prospects

Angkor Gold Corp, a Toronto Stock Exchange-listed company, has announced the identification of five new prospects in Ratanakiri province, according to a company statement. the mining firm said it planned to consolidate its gold prospects in the northeastern corner of the country. ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012053156499/Business/angkor-gold-identifies-northeast-prospects.html

Gold Mines Blamed for Cattle Deaths Shut Down

Authorities in Battambang province’s Phnom Proek district shut down eight unlicensed gold mines Saturday and Sunday after a study revealed they were producing toxic runoff blamed for the deaths of three cattle last week, officials said. Deputy governor Pech Choun said four mines in the area ...

Gold vendors rally to free compatriots

Three Banteay Meanchey gold vendors accused of buying stolen goods were arrested yesterday then released four hours later after about 200 fellow gold sellers demonstrated on their behalf outside Mongkol Borei district police headquarters. The district governor personally intervened and mediated the release, district police chief ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052256300/National-news/gold-vendors-rally-to-free-compatriots.html

Farmers Blame Gold Mines for Cattle Deaths

Villagers in Battambang province’s Phnom Proek district have called on the government to shut down several unlicensed gold mines being blamed for the deaths of cattle that drank from a pond contaminated by chemical runoff. “Three of the village’s cows died and two became sick after ...

OZ Minerals Completes Sale of Cambodian Assets

Australian mining firm OZ Minerals announced yesterday that it has successfully sold its Cambodian mining assets to Renaissance Minerals Limited for AU$17.8 million, or $19.2 million, after years of disappointing gold exploration results here. According to the statement, Renaissance now controls the 1,100-square-km core of the ...

China Exim Bank to put $235m in steel, media

The Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank) planned to invest US$235 million in two Cambodian mega projects, one of which was the modernisation of a TV station that one analyst said might not be necessary given the country’s level of development. During a meeting with Prime Minister ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012050756004/Business/china-exim-bank-to-put-235m-in-steel-media.html

Mu Sochua calls out Aussie mining firms

Opposition parliamentarian Mu Sochua has taken aim at Australian mining companies eyeing the Kingdom’s resources, travelling to their home soil to lobby the halls of power. Mu Sochua cited fears that Australian companies awarded exploration concessions in Ratanakkiri and Mondulkiri provinces will treat ethnic minorities there ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012041755607/National-news/mu-sochua-calls-out-aussie-mining-firms.html

Koh Kong power to go to Thais

Cambodian tycoon Ly Yong Phat has signed a US$3 billion joint-venture agreement with Thai energy firm Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Plc on what would be the Kingdom’s largest power station. Just under 90 per cent of the power, however, would be sold to Thailand. The 1,800 megawatt ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032955308/Business/koh-kong-power-to-go-to-thais.html

Blows at capital protest

A union representative is accused of beating a rival over the head with a walkie-talkie during a factory protest yesterday in the latest burst of violence in one of Cambodia’s special economic zones. Bou Sokray, 25, a representative for the Coalition of Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012032255198/National-news/blows-at-capital-protest.html

More Than 250 Firms Hold Mining Licenses

Almost 200 mining companies currently hold government licenses to mine construction materials such as granite, or to extract minerals, while another 53 firms are licensed to explore for mineral wealth, according to a Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy report released Friday. Among these firms, 47 ...

Investment in mining operations falls sharply

Guangxi Nonferrous Metal Group invested $21.95 million in the construction of a steel processing plant, the data shows. The Chinese company planned to invest as much as $500 million in Preah Vihear province, China’s state-owned Xinhua news agency reported in November. China’s Xing Yuan Kang Yeak ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012030954944/Business/investment-in-mining-operations-falls-sharply.html

Thailand’s gem industry may move to Cambodia

Cambodia could overtake Thailand’s gem export market to the United States within five years, officials said yesterday. Thailand’s growing economic status could soon disqualify it for tax exemption when exporting gems to the US market, but Cambodia’s standing as a Least Developed Country would allow it ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012030654866/Business/thailands-gem-industry-may-move-to-cambodia.html

Kingdom's first gem-testing lab opens

London-based checker of rare gems and jewellery Intertek has established a laboratory in Cambodia to help regulate and provide guidelines for the gem trade. Officially opening today, it is the Kingdom’s first gem laboratory. Intertek director in Cambodia Khut Sothy said the country had been ...

Oz Minerals Sells M'Kiri Gold Assets

After more than three years of disappointment in its search for large gold deposits in Mondolkiri province, Australian mining firm OZ Minerals has decided to sell its Cambodian assets to another Australian company In a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange, OZ Minerals said that it ...

http://www.camnet.com.kh/cambodia.daily/

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