Ratanakkiri site of informal mining boom: official

Thousands of locals and migrant workers are engaged in illegal mining in Ratanakkiri province, a senior official with the Ministry of Mines and Energy said yesterday. Having returned on Tuesday from an official inspection tour of the province, Meng Saktheara, a secretary of state at the ministry, described a rampant climate of entrepreneurial – and illegal – mining activity. …

Phak Seangly
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