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Power line investment approved

28 October 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Domestic investors / Economy and commerce / Energy / Energy policy and administration / Foreign investors / Generation and distribution facilities / Infrastructure / Investment / Phnom Penh
ALEX Corporation Co. Ltd / Cambodia Energy Limited / China Heavy Machinery Company / Council of Ministers / Ministry of Industry Mining and Energy / Phay Siphan / Prak Chan Reuon

The Cambodian government has entered into a public-private partnership with a little-known company named ALEX Corporation Co Ltd to develop power lines from plants in Preah Sihanouk province to Phnom Penh, according to the Council of Ministers. The private firm will invest $119.1 million in a ...

 Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/power-line-investment-approved

Sand for Singapore's Growth Comes at Environmental Cost to Poorer Neighbors

22 August 2011
Associated Press
Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Industrial mining / Industries / Land / Marine and coastal areas / Mining / Pollution and waste / Tourism / Water resources
AZ Kunming Singapore / AZ Orchid / barges / Benalec Holdings / Cambodia / Cambodian Government / Changi / Chea Manith / Chinese aid / Construction and Building Authority / Corruption / Dredging / ecotourism / emerging economies / environmental damage / environmental groups / environmental regulations / Environmentalists / exploitation / Exports / Fishing / Global Witness / Government officials / Gulf of Thailand / Hong Kong-register group / Illegal mining / King of Koh Kong / Koh Kong Province / Las Vegas Sands Corp / Laws / Ly Yong Phat / LYP Group / Malaysian aid / mangrove / Marina Bay complex / miners / Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology / Ministry of Industry Mining and Energy / Myanmar / National Development Ministry / Nature Tourism Community of Tatai / Nipah Island / Oliver Courtney / Philippines / Police / pollution / Prime Minister Hun Sen / reclamation / restrictions / rivers / Sand / sand extraction / sand mining / sand pirates / sand trade / seabeds / Singapore / Siphan Phay / smuggling / sustainable development / Tatai river / Tourists / Trade / Vietnamese company / villagers / wilderness areas / Winton Enterprised

KOH KONG, Cambodia (AP) — Round a bend in Cambodia’s Tatai River and the virtual silence of a tropical idyll turns suddenly into an industrial nightmare. Lush jungle hills give way to a flotilla of dredgers operating 24 hours a day, scooping up sand and piling ...

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_CAMBODIA_SELLING_SAND?SITE=CALAK&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Tycoon’s dredging tests locals’ patience

Ruling party senator Ly Yong Phat has defied an order endorsed by the Prime Minster to halt his controversial sand dredging activities on the Tatai river in Koh Kong, prompting authorities to request intervention, documents obtained by The Post reveal. The dredging operation on the ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011081050979/National-news/tycoons-dredging-tests-locals-patience.html

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