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Angkor Resources Corp’s Gold-in-Soil Tests Show Positive Result
Canadian firm Angkor Resources Corp (ANK)’s recent test has shown a positive result of gold-in-soil anomalies in the Andong Meas licensed area of Cambodia. The firm also cited that it has already started the surface mapping progress for the 2021 work program. According to the firm, the positive result is another big step demonstrating that the Andong Meas zone is rich in potential gold prospect...
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Gov’t Inks Deal on Stung Tatai Leu Hydropower Dam and 500-kilowatt High-Voltage Transmission Line
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has recently inked a deal allowing two private firms to invest over US$830 million in building a 150-megawatt hydropower dam and two high-voltage transmission lines. The agreement was signed by the Minister of Mines and Energy HE Suy Sem and representatives of the two investment firms on 08 December. The 150-megawatt hydropower investment project named the St...
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Construction of Cambodia’s First Oil Refinery Plant Temporarily Paused
Construction on the first-ever oil refinery plant in Cambodia, expected to be complete by 2022, has been temporarily paused due to the developers' financial shortage. According to the initial plan, the project, which broke ground since 2017, should have already gone online since early 2019. Although completion was once postponed to 2022, and now construction has been paused once again. Direc...
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Gov’t Officially Approves US$1.1 billion 700-megawatt Coal-fired Power Plant in Koh Kong
The Cambodian government through The Council for the Development of Cambodia this morning (8 December) officially allowed Royal Group’s subsidiary Botum Sakor Energy Co., Ltd to proceed with the US$1.1 billion 700-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Koh Kong province. Located in Thmor Sor and Chamlang Kou village, Khum Thma Sa, Botum Sakor district, this massive plant will be able to create at l...
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Three More Solar Power Plants Set to go Online in early 2021
Three solar power stations will go online and link to the national grid early next year, with the construction of the three projects on average 90% complete. According to the Director-general of Energy and spokesman at Ministry of Mines and Energy HE Victor Jona, the three solar projects are among four solar projects the Cambodian government approved last year. “The project constructions are...
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French Architect Proposes World’s Tallest Carbon Sink Tower in New York
French architecture firm Rescubika has recently proposed an over 730-metre-tall carbon sink tower in Manhattan called Mandragora. If built, the project will become the world’s tallest environmentally friendly skyscraper, covered in over 10,000 plants and absorbing more CO2 than it releases. With a design inspired by the mandrake plant, Mandragora goes beyond being carbon-neutral but instead wil...
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Solar Power Station in Pursat to Generate Full Power in Early 2021
The solar power plant in Krakor district of Pursat province is scheduled to operate at its full power of 90-megawatts by early next year after already generating 30 megawatts of power to the grid. The firm announced the timeframe of power generation during an official visit of Minister of Mines and Energy H.E. Suy Sem on 01 December. Invested in by Schneitec Co Ltd, the solar station is buil...
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Construction on Koh Rong Samloem Solar Power Supply Begins
The construction of a solar power hybrid microgrid on Koh Rong Samloem has begun and is scheduled for completion by April 2021, according to Yahoo Finance on 30 November. This project is a collaboration between Total Solar Cambodia and Canopy, which will be able to supply electricity to more than half of the population and businesses on Koh Rong Samloem upon completion. The project includes ...
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Planned Kampot Wind Farm to be Cambodia’s First
The first wind power project in Cambodia, studied by The Blue Circle (Cambodia), is approaching the construction stage as the firm is currently discussing the selling price with Electricity of Cambodia (EDC). Chea Sophorn, Development Manager of The Blue Circle (Cambodia), said that if EDC agrees to the final proposed price, the company will start construction immediately. He added that the ...
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Construction of 400-megawatt Power Plant in Kandal Complete in December
The construction of a 400-megawatt power plant in Lvea Em district of Kandal province is now 95% complete and is scheduled to go online by mid-December this year, according to Minister of Mines and Energy HE Suy Sem during his inspection on 26 November. Run by diesel and gas, this power plant was once scheduled to go online in August. However, it was later delayed due to the slowdown in constru...
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