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Gems in the rough in Ratanakkiri

19 July 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Economy and commerce / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Gemstone mining / Gemstones / Minerals and mineral products / Mining / Trade
Bakeo district / Bakeo gems / Cassava / cassava plantation / extractive industries / gems / gemstones / malaria / mine collapse / mineral products and commodities / minerals / mines / mining / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / zircon

“These are the best quality stones,” Lat Yun says with a grin. Nestled in his outstretched hand are three unassuming rocks. “I don’t know what they’re called, I just know they’re the best.” The gemstones of Ratanakkiri are a mineral called zircon, but in Cambodia, they ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gems-rough-ratanakkiri

Mine Safety Law on Agenda

31 May 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Energy / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Generation and distribution facilities / Gold / Industrial mining / Law and judiciary / Minerals and mineral products / Mining / Non-renewable energy production / Oil and gas resources
Cambodians for Resource Revenue Transparency / Cambodians for Resource Revenue Transparency Executive Director / Chhay Sarath / Draft Law on Mine Safety / environmental impact / environmental impact assessments / Gas / gold / gold mine / gold mine shaft / gold mines / Khieu Muth / mine collapse / mine safety / Mine Workers / miners / mining / mining accident / mining companies / mining industry / mining sector / Ministry of Environment / Ministry of Environment Secretary of State / NGOs / oil / oil and gas / oil and gas sector / Preah Vihear / Preah Vihear Province / Rovieng District / Royal Government / safety / safety standards / Technical Training / working conditions

The government plans to draft a law designed to govern safety standards in the Kingdom’s mining industry, an official said yesterday, little more than a week after at least one gold miner went missing when a shaft collapsed in Preah Vihear province. Khieu Muth, a secretary ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013053165981/National/mine-safety-law-on-agenda.html

Seven Feared Trapped in Gold Mine Collapse

21 May 2013
VOA Khmer
Development policy and administration / Environment and natural resources / Extractive Industries / Gold / Industrial mining / Minerals and mineral products / Mining
gold / gold mine / gold mine shaft / gold mines / Illegal mining / landslide / mine collapse / mines / mining / mining accident / Preah Vihear / Preah Vihear Province / Romtum village / Rovieng District

A gold mine shaft has collapsed in Preah Vihear province, trapping at least seven miners, officials said Monday. The collapse took place in a shaft that is typically mined by up to 60 people at a time, he [Rovieng Police Chief Sin Thorn]. Sin Thorn said ...

http://www.voacambodia.com/content/seven-feared-trapped-in-gold-mine-collapse/1664837.html

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