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ADB: Cambodia Should Embrace Green Investment to Achieve Low-Carbon Economic Growth
- 27 August 2021
The recently published article by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has suggested that the Cambodian government shouild embrace more green investment and clean energy production to achieve low-carbon economic growth in the long run. Published on 25 August, the article entitled “Cambodia is making strides on the long road to low-carbon economic growth” is co-written ADB) Country Director for Camb...
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Garment Factories in Cambodia Gear Up for Sustainability
- 27 August 2021
Garment factories in Cambodia are now engaging in sustainable energy usage, to save energy, increase production efficiency, and respond to the consumer trend of demanding green clothing production. Switch Garment, together with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC), kicked off a series of energy audits in August which will take place in garm...
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10-hectare Standardised Landfill Set for Kampong Cham Province
- 27 August 2021
Kampong Cham province will soon have a new standardized landfill on over 10 hectares of land in Koh Rokar commune in Kampong Siem district, while the provincial authorities are currently studying preparations for construction. Kampong Cham Governor HE Un Chanda on Wednesday 25 August during a site inspection that through the initial inspection and study, the working group considered two locatio...
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Missing Crude Oil Tanker Caught in Indonesia, Cambodia Requesting Help to Return
- 26 August 2021
The Ministry of Mines and Energy is in talks with Indonesia to help facilitate returning the ship loaded with missing crude oil back to Cambodia. The talks come after Indonesian authorities seized a ship loaded with nearly 300,000 barrels of crude oil and more than a dozen crew on board on 25 August. The arrest was in response to the request of the Cambodian government to Interpol asking for...
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Power Plants, Livestock Farms & Factories Worth Over US$63m Approved for 5 Provinces
- 24 August 2021
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has recently given permits to private firms to invest US$63.5 million in building a power plant, solar park, livestock farm, and several other factories in Kandal, Kampong Thom, Sihanoukville, Takeo and Kampong Speu. According to a CDC announcement on Monday 23 August, those seven companies include: 1. Ethan Metal Manufacture Co., Ltd., which...
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World Bank to Fund Construction of New Standard Landfill in Kandal Province
- 21 August 2021
The Kandal Provincial Administration has selected the Prek Reang area in Saang district, Kandal province to establish a standardised landfill to improve solid and plastic waste management throughout the province. Director of the General Administration Department of the Ministry of Interior HE Prak Sam Oeun and Kandal Governor Kong Sophoan co-inspected the site on Friday 20 August. According ...
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Remote Villages in Kampot to be Electrified by 2022
- 21 August 2021
The Kampot Provincial Administration has pledged to speed up the construction of electricity connection infrastructure to electrify over 200 families in three remote communes of Tuek Chhou district by early 2022. Kampot Governor HE Chiao Tay said during a site inspection on Thursday 19 August that currently, at least 200 families in remote areas of Teuk Chhou district do not have electricity ye...
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First 59kg of Gold Exported, Another 100kg Set for Shipment Soon
- 18 August 2021
Cambodia has made the first shipment of 59kg of gold ore to Australia for purification with another 100kg to be sent a next shipment soon, a senior official confirmed on Wednesday 18 August. Director-General of Ministry of Mines and Energy HE Yos Monirath, said that after purification, Renaissance Minerals Cambodia Limited will sell the 99.99% gold bar in Australia. “The firm has already com...
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MoE Drafts Sub Decree to Establish New Solid Waste Management Body in PP
- 11 August 2021
The Ministry of Environment (MoE) is drafting a sub-decree to establish a new solid waste management body/enterprise in Phnom Penh, according to a zoom meeting on 10 August 2021. This draft sub-decree aims to give more power to government bodies in managing waste more effectively. Under this new sub-decree, Phnom Penh City Hall will have the right to establish a unit or office to manage and ...
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Construction begins on US$17-billion nuclear power plant in China
- 9 August 2021
China National Nuclear Power has started the construction on its US$17-billion project of installing two Russian-designed reactors at the Xudabao nuclear power station in Liaoning Province, northeast China, reported GCR on 6 August. Xudabao 3 is a cooperation between China and Russian. Under the agreement signed in 2018, Rosatom’s subsidiary Atomstroyexport would provide two of its flagship rea...
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