Company Samnang Rea Thbong Thmor Import Export and Development Co., Ltd.
Company profile Samnang Rea Thbong Thmor Import Export and Development Co., Ltd. is a local company registered with the Ministry of Commerce with an initial investment budget of USD 1 million. This company was planning to invest an additional USD 14.4 million in building a mineral processing plant with a production capacity of 3,000 tons/month, constructing basic infrastructure, and developing a road to access the mine concession area.
Registration investment capital USD 1,000,000 USD 14,500,000
Company registration date 17-Dec-07
Company registration code 1,262
Director Not found
Director residence Cambodia
Company address Not found
Type of EIA reports Initial Environmental Impact Assessment
State agency Ministry of Mines and Energy
Site The company has requested a land concession with an area of 3,600 hectares situated in the geography of O'Ta Tut, Thmor Duon Pov, and Chum Nab commune in Thmor Bang district, Chik Ler commune in Sre Ambel district, Koh Kong province, which is located 86 kilometers from the provincial town.
Village Not found
Commune Thmor Duon Pov, Chum Nab, and Chik Ler
District Thmor Bang and Sre Ambel
Province Koh Kong
Contract duration Not found
Area size of project 3,600 hectares
sector Extractive industry
EIA company Green Consultancy Group Co., Ltd.
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Address of EIAs company Not found
Relevants law Law on Environmental Protection and Natural Hazard Management, Law on Forest, Sub-decree on the Process of Environmental Impact Assessment, Sub-decree on Water Pollution Control, Sub-decree on Solid Waste Management, Sub-decree on Air and Noise Pollution Control, and Sub-decree on Economic Land Concession
Revenues and expenditures This project will expense capital investment in total USD 7,510,000, within which the company can acquire a net profit USD 756,447 from revenue of selling the mineral commodity USD 7,200,000, deducted by expenditure on the production activities USD 1,776,505, corporate tax rate 30%​ USD 1,627,048, and annual fund for development of community USD 40,000.
Social alnd environmental impacts Not found
Employment opportunity For serving project implementation, the company will need technical and labour force in total 194 numbers including: foreign mining specialist team, mining specialist from Ministry of Mine and Energy, basic geographic specialist, mining site staffs, labourer, cooker, driver, security gaurds for patrolling in the company's headquarter and in the mine site.
Public participation Initial public consultations with provincial, district, department, commune, village, and community chiefs have been organized during the reporting process to make an impact forecasting and make recommendations for local decision-making on how to monitor and evaluate the performance of this company. The participants were: Deputy Provincial Governor, Provincial Secretary, Acting chief of cabinet, Chief of Drovincial Department of Industry, mines and energy, Koh Kong Provincial Department of Agriculture, Koh Kong Provincial Department of Environment, Chief of Koh Kong Forestry Administration, Sre Ambel District Governor, Governor of Thmor Bang District and Civil Society.
Land converted from 3,200 hectares of forest will be cleared for Ilmenite mining with a mine life of 68 years. The forest clearance to open the mine pit will be conducted, in accordance with the mining stages, which is approximately 47 hectares a year. After reaching the final pits, the mine will be reclaimed and replanted the trees.
Environmental management plan The environmental impact mitigation of this mining project will be taken into action following the issues being evaluated.
Development plan Due to the difficulty of access to the mining site, the company will construct a gravel road linking the National Road 48 into the mine site, with the distance about 60 kilometers, and conduct a road clearance to open a new trail lying around the mining concession area to facilitate the management and demarcation of the region of mine concession owned by the company.
Mitigation strategies The Environmental and Social Impact Assessment emphasizes a number of issues, including: - Land use disturbances (research phase, road clearance to ore deposit, construction of headquarters and mineral processing plant, mining operations, and transport of ore to mineral scrubbing and disposal facilities ) - Closing of pits and replanting of trees - sound pollution - Emission of CO2 and other environmental pollutants - Habitat loss and impact on wildlife - Impacts on protected areas and loss of natural landscape - Climate impact on mining operations - Impact on occupational health and safety plans - Impacts on the national economy - Local impact - Side effects - The necessity of further evaluation
Environmental and social funds The budget for monitoring, evaluation, and capacity building was estimated to be approximately USD 570,080 per year, which includes: (1). Implementation of the Environmental Management Plan, (2). monitoring, evaluation, and (3). Capacity building. The annual budget for protecting the environment is estimated to be approximately USD 350,000.
EIA publication year 2010
Last update 21-Oct

Reference documents

[Draft] Preliminary Environmental Impact Assessment: Exploration and Exploitation Project of Ilmenite
Samnang Re Tbong Thmor Import Export and Development Co., Ltd. conducted a preliminary environmental impact assessment under the exploration and exploitation project of ilmenite, aimed to assess the ecology of plant and animal, to estimate natural carbon stocks and to study potential buffer zone, and social condition of local community in order to identify factors that cause negative effect to the environment and to define suitable measures to mitigate these risks.