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Imports of petroleum on the rise last quarter
Cambodia’s petrol bill topped $440 million at the end of the first quarter, up 11 per cent from $397 million during the same period last year, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce. The data show Cambodia imported a total of 453,000 tonnes of petroleum ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/imports-petroleum-rise-last-quarter
Planning delays oil refinery’s progress
Construction on Cambodia’s $2.3 billion oil refinery has been set back again, this time due to planning delays, the project’s local partner, Cambodia Petrochemical Company (CPC), confirmed yesterday. The landmark oil refinery was slated to begin construction in December 2013 following a $1.67 billion loan from ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/planning-delays-oil-refinery%E2%80%99s-progress
Arbitration Court Backs Government in Power Deal with US Firm
The government has won an arbitration case in a World Bank court, successfully countering a $300 million claim made by a U.S based company over a failed power plant project dating back to 1996. According to a statement from the Council of Ministers’ Press and Quick ...
China eyes on all-round cooperation with Cambodia, says CPC senior leader (9)
China treasured its traditional friendship with Cambodia, and would take strategic approaches to step up the bilateral cooperation to a new height, visiting senior leader of the Communist Party of China He Guoqiang said here on Tuesday. In his meeting with Heng Samrin, He spoke ...