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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
Lao Dams, Mining Ruining Sekong Water Quality in Cambodia
- 26 June 2013
- Radio Free Asia
- Economy and commerce / Energy / Environment and natural resources / Extractive Industries / Generation and distribution facilities / Gold / Hydropower dams / Industrial mining / Minerals and mineral products / Mining / Pollution and waste / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- 3S Rivers Protection Network / Artisanal mining / Attapeu / Attapeu Province / Chemicals / dam construction / Dams / drinking water / Electricity / energy / extractive industries / fish stocks / gold / gold dredging / gold mining / hydropower / International Rivers / Investment / Lao government / Laos / Laos’s Ministry of Energy and Mines / lignite / lignite mines / Meach Mean / Mekong river / mercury / mines / mining / mining industry / Ministry of Planning and Investment / Nam Noy River / Phnom Penh / pollution / Sekaman 1 / Sekaman 3 / Sekaman dams / Sekaman river / Sekong provinces / Sekong river / Sekong River Basin / Sesan river / silt / Silver / silver mines / Srepok River / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province / Thailand / tributaries / Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia border area / water / water quality / water supply / Xayaburi dam / Xe Pian-Xe Nam Noy / Xe Pian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam / Xekaman / Xesou Rivers
Dam-building and gold mining in southern Laos are ruining water quality downstream on the Sekong River in Cambodia, where villagers are no longer able to drink or use the water, according to an environmental group. The activities undertaken by Lao and Vietnamese companies on the Sekong’s ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/sekong-06252013190742.html
Australian Police Say Appropriate Steps Taken in BHP Bribery Case
- 18 June 2013
- The Cambodia Daily
- Anti-corruption / Economy and commerce / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Government / Industrial mining / International relations / Minerals and mineral products / Mining
- AFP / AFP spokesman Julie Hope / Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade / Australian aid / Australian Embassy / Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh / Australian Federal Police / Australian mining companies / bauxite mines / BHP / BHP Biliton Vice President of Media relations Samantha Stevens / BHP Billiton / Bribery / Canberra / Chinese aid / Corruption / Freedom of Information laws / freedom of information request / Hun Sen / Lim Kean Hor / mines / mining / mining companies / mondolkiri / Mondolkiri Province / National Assembly / OECD / OECD report / Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development / oz minerals / Prime Minister Hun Sen / The Sydney Morning Herald / United States aid / US / US Securities Exchange Commission / Water Resources Minister Lim Kean Hor
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) said Monday they have taken the necessary steps to investigate claims that the world’s largest mining company, BHP Billiton, bribed officials in Cambodia and played down reports that it had mishandled one the country’s largest cases in corporate corruption. “The ...
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
Investment Or Imperialism? Tracking China's Big Ambitions In Cambodia
- 8 February 2013
- Worldcrunch
- Clothes / Economy and commerce / Energy / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Garments and textiles / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Industrial mining / Industries / Investment / Manufacturing / Marine and coastal areas / Mining / Renewable energy production / Tourism / Trade / Water resources
- Asian countries / Asian country / Beijing / Cambodia / Chinese aid / Chinese coastal region / Chinese companies / Chinese company / Chinese fabrics / Chinese groups / Chinese soldiers / construction / Council for the Development of Cambodia / Dams / Development / education sector / Electricity / energy sectors / environment / environmental protection measures / European company / Europeans / export quotas / farming / Franco-Cambodian Chamber of Commerce / Healthcare / Human Rights / hydroelectric dams / infrastructures / Investment / Investors / Iron / Japanese aid / Laos / legal framework / logging / mines / mining / natural resources / Paris / Phnom / Phnom Penh Securities / Phnom Penh Stock Exchange / railroad tracks / roads / sewing machines / sexual equality / South Korean aid / steel / Sunkind Textile / textile industry / workers
A few years ago this scene would have played out in China. More specifically, it would have played out in a Chinese coastal region to which millions of rural folks had arrived looking for work. A huge hangar, piles of fabrics of all colors at both ...
Gold struck in Mondulkiri
- 11 October 2012
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Concessions / Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Gold / Industrial mining / Investment / Land / Minerals and mineral products / Mining / Public land lease
- Australian company / Australian investors / Cambodian Association for Mining and Exploration Companies / CAMEC / foreign investors / gold / gold exploration / gold mining / mines / mining / Mondulkiri / natural resources / Okvau / Okvau deposit / Renaissance Minerals
An Australian company working towards mining gold from the Okvau deposit in Mondulkiri province, currently estimated at 729,000 ounces, expects to employ more than 1,000 local people during the mine’s construction phase and 500 in the longer term. Renaissance Minerals managing director Justin Tremain told the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012101159244/Business/gold-struck-in-mondulkiri.html
Emerging Mining Sector to Be Subject to Grassroots Scrutiny
- 4 September 2012
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Energy / Energy policy and administration / Environment and natural resources / Exports / Generation and distribution facilities / Investment / Land / Public land lease / Trade
- Development and Partnership in Action (DPA) / DPA / Equitable Cambodia / exploration licenses / minerals / mines / mining / mining companies / mining licenses / mining sector / Ministry of Industry Mines and Energy / Monitoring / NGOs
As mining companies continue to scour Cambodia for minerals, work is also under way to build a network of local monitors and activists to shed light on the country’s often-opaque mining sector and its practices. {T]he Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy has granted an unknown ...
Gold Mines Blamed for Cattle Deaths Shut Down
- 22 May 2012
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Energy / Energy policy and administration / Environment and natural resources / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Generation and distribution facilities / Gold / Industrial mining / Livestock farming / Minerals and mineral products / Mining
- Battambang Province / contaminating / deaths / Deputy governor Pech Choun / gold mines / mines / mines and energy department / Pech Choun / Phnom Proek district / unlicensed gold mines / water sources
Authorities in Battambang province’s Phnom Proek district shut down eight unlicensed gold mines Saturday and Sunday after a study revealed they were producing toxic runoff blamed for the deaths of three cattle last week, officials said. Deputy governor Pech Choun said four mines in the area ...
