Cambodia News
Cambodia is committed to complete construction of the 6.5-kilometre cross-border railway linking Poipet town to Aranyaprathet by the year’s end. Public Works and Transport Minister Sun Chanthol gave the assurance on Sunday when he inspected the construction site in Poipet in Banteay Meanchey province where the railway tracks from Cambodia and Thailand will meet, the […]
Continue ReadingTwo of Thailand’s leading small-sized power producers Sahacogen (Chonburi) Pcl and Saha Patthana Inter Holding Pcl, have entered into a joint venture to build biomass power plants in Cambodia and Myanmar with a total investment of about $20 million, according to a Singapore-based online business news agency. DealStreetAsia quoted Viroj Theeravatvatee, managing director of Sahacogen […]
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A China – Cambodia joint venture has announced a plan to build a $230 million cement factory in northwestern Cambodia’s Battambang province next month, the Phnom Penh Post reported on Friday. Battambang Conch Cement Company – a joint venture between Chinese firm Conch International Holdings (HK) and local cement company Battambang KT Cement Company – […]
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Boom times ahead for the Kingdom, but is supply meeting demand? At the tail end of 2015, Southeast Asian nations inaugurated the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), a borderless market for commodities, services, capital, and labour between 10 of the world’s fastest-growing economies. Long seen as a laggard behind more established neighbours Thailand and Vietnam, Cambodia […]
Continue ReadingTHAILAND could be strategically promoted by Japan-based Sumitomo Construction Machinery as the distribution and financial hub of Asean, especially CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam), to cash in on the region’s high mid- and long-term potential, Kazuhiko Sasaki, the company’s president director for Southeast Asia said. Sumitomo Construction Machinery is one of the world’s leading […]
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South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering Co. won a $120 million deal from a Japanese retail giant Aeon Co. to build a shopping mall in the Kingdom of Cambodia, a deal that is expected to help the Korean engineering company that has been focusing on plant construction diversify its business portfolio. According to the company Monday, it […]
Continue ReadingCambodia and Thailand are edging towards nuclear power generation as the region hunts for vast, stable power sources to fuel rapid development. Scales tipping in the two countries as Asean energy demand rises with economic growth Step by step, Cambodia and Thailand are edging towards nuclear power generation as the region hunts for vast, stable […]
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The end of the hottest season that Thailand has seen for 60 years has brought into focus many questions about the sustainability of our power sources. What if the country can’t provide enough power for its citizens? What if we run out of gas for our cars? What if the electricity goes out during “Game […]
Continue ReadingThai construction firm CH. Karnchang PLC has approved a loan totaling more than US$531.7 million to subsidiary Xayaburi Power Co. Ltd. for the development of Laos’ 1,285-MW Xayaburi hydropower plant. The financing, approved during a CK board meeting earlier this week, will be used “to pay for the increased construction works” of the project, “due […]
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Thai-listed renewable energy company, Inter Far East Corporation Public Company Limited (IFEC), which is constructing a 20-megawatt solar power plant for industrial applications in Kampong Speu province, aims to be up and running by the second quarter of this year, a company spokesperson said yesterday. Commercial operations will take place in the province to the […]
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