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New Coal Plant to Tackle Blackouts

18 June 2013
The Cambodia Daily
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National energy supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) on Monday announced that a 50-MW coal-fired power plant in Preah Sihanouk province is ready to come online this week and will solve Phnom Penh’s chronic blackouts. The statement does not mention which power plant had been completed, ...

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Sugar Firm Staff Protest Over Unpaid Wages

10 June 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economy and commerce / Industries / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Sugar
Adhoc / Cambodian Government / Deputy Prime Minister Yim Chay Ly / Economic growth / energy / ethanol distillery / Factories / Heng Soha / Indochina Food Pte Ltd / Investment / Kompong Cham / Kompong Cham Province / kratie / Kratie district governor Heng Soha / Kratie Province / labor / low wages / O'Kreing commune / power plant / Prey Veng / Prey Veng Province / protests / Renewable Energy / RGC / Royal Government of Cambodia / Sambor district / sugar / sugar factory / sugar plantations / sugar refinery / sugarcane / Svay Reing / Svay Reing province / thermal energy / thermal energy plant / unpaid wages / wages / Yim Chay Ly

About 250 laborers working at a newly opened $90-million sugar factory complex in Kratie province-hailed by the government as a boon to Cambodia’s economy-staged a protest last Saturday morning demanding to be reimbursed for two weeks worth of unpaid wages. District governor Heng Soha acted ...

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Report shows lack of information on Chinese-Funded Railway

With locals demanding dialogue with the Chinese firms behind a proposed multibillion dollar rail line to Preah Vihear province, an NGO report released yesterday highlights the dearth of information that has been made available on the project. Chinese company Cambodia Iron Steel Mining Industry Group (CISMIG) ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/report-shows-lack-of-information-on-chinese-funded-railway-12723/

France Ready for Talks on Gas Power Plant

7 February 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Economy and commerce / Energy / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Generation and distribution facilities / Investment / Land / Marine and coastal areas / Non-renewable energy production / Oil and gas resources / Water resources
Cambodia / Cambodian authorities / Coast / construction / Electricite de France (EdF) / France / French Embassy / French oil firm / French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault / King Father Norodom Sihanouk / natural gas / oil block / overlapping area / Phnom Penh / power plant / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Thailand / Total

Utilities giant Electricite de France (EdF) is preparing to enter negotiations with Cambodia over the construction of a power plant to use up natural gas locked up in disputed waters off the country’s coast, France’s ambassador-in-waiting to Cambodia said on Tuesday. Serge Mostura, who is still ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/france-ready-for-talks-on-gas-power-plant-9596/

Chinese Mining Firm Plans Siem Reap Extraction

A Chinese conglomerate headed by an adviser to Senate President Chea Sim plans to begin extracting gold and copper in Siem Reap province in two months, the firm’s chairman said yesterday. Khmer Holding, a group of companies that claims vast mineral interests in Cambodia, opened an ...

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Australian Investor Jailed After Business Dispute

17 January 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Economy and commerce / Investment / Judiciary and courts
Australian businessman / Australian Embassy / Baker & McKenzie / Cristal Caritas Trust / Czarist Russia / Digital Star Media / Emaxx / Indonesia / Internet connections / joint venture / Law Firm / mobile firm / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / power plant / Prey Sar Prison / Primavera Capital Group Limited / Princess Romanova / Romanova Des Jacob Trust / Signature Capital / Singapore / telecommunications firm / the U.S. / United Overseas Bank (UOB) / Vattanac Bank

An Australian businessman who once fronted a telecommunications firm in Cambodia has been sent to Prey Sar prison on fraud charges in a case one of his associates said was triggered by a disgruntled partner in a failed business venture. Frank May, 63, the former chief ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/australian-investor-jailed-after-business-dispute-7759/

Rice husk power plant deal signed

6 July 2012
Economics Today
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Energy / Energy policy and administration / Generation and distribution facilities / Investment
Ankur Scientific / biomass-to-energy company / Cambodia / Indian aid / Indian company / Kampong Cham Province / power plant / rice husk / rice husk power plant / SOMA group

Cambodia’s Soma Group yesterday signed a US$3-million deal with Indian company Ankur Scientific, the largest biomass-to-energy company in India, to construct a 1.5-megawatt rice husk power plant in Kampong Cham province. ...

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Cambodia and China Ink Aid, Trade Deals

22 August 2011
The Cambodia Daily
Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Chinese aid / Coal / Economy and commerce / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Industrial mining / Minerals and mineral products / Mining / Non-DAC members
agriculture laboratory / bauxite mines / business deals / Cam GSM / Cambodia / Cambodia International Investment Development Group / Cambodian Government / Chhum Sucheat / China’s Political Bureau / Chinese aid / Chinese Communist Party / coal / Defense Ministry / Defense Ministry spokesman / foreign investors / Huawei Technologies / Inner Mongolia Erdo Hongjun / Kith Meng / loans / military assistance / military deals / military helicopters / Ministry of Finance / mobile telecommunications / mondolkiri / Phnom Penh / power plant / Prime Minister Hun Sen / RCAF / rice mills / road renovations / Royal Group / satellites / UI Navy / US Embassy / wikileaks / Z-9s / Zhou Yongkang

Prime Minister Hun Sen and a visiting top Chinese official on Saturday presided over the signing of 29 letters and memoranda covering a broad range of business and military deals, including a $195.5 million loan for Cambodia to purchase Chinese-made military helicopters. A summary of ...

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