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 Ministry of Commerce with initial investment budget USD 1million . This company was planning to invest additional USD 14.4 million for building a mineral processing plant with production capacity 3000ton/month, constructing basic infrastructure and developing 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 |
Status of the EIA reports |
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment |
State agency |
Ministry of Mine and Energy |
Site |
The company has requested land concession with area of 3.600 ha 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 located 86km 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 |
Size in Hectare |
3600 ha |
Type of concession |
Exploration ad exploitation |
EIA company |
Green Consultancy Group Co., Ltd. |
Backgrounds of EIA company |
Not found |
Address of EIAs company |
Not found |
Relevants law |
Law on environmental protection and natural hazard managment.
Law on Forest
Sub-decree on the process of environmental impact assessment
Sub-decree on water pollution control
Sub-decree on solid wast managment
Sub-decree on air and noise pollution control
Sub-decree on economic land concession |
Revenues and expenditures |
This project will expense capital investment in total USD 7,510,000within which the company is able to acquire 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 chief have been organized during the reporting process to make an impact forcasting 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 mine's life 68 years. The forest clearance to open the pit of mine 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 re-planted the trees. |
Environmental management plan |
The environmental impact mitigation of this mining project will be taken action in accordance with 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 emphasize on 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 recoving the environment is estimated to be approximately USD 350,000. |
EIA publication year |
2010 |