Crackdown on illegal gold mining to be stepped up
The government is on the alert to crack down on illegal gold mining activities as the country’s first commercial gold mining is set to start operations this month.
Vietnam’s May coal imports decline
Vietnam’s coal imports nearly halved in May from a year earlier, as a steady rise in hydropower and renewable energy output pressured coal burn.
Coal-fired power plant in Myanmar backed by China that villagers feel powerless to oppose
Almost two decades ago, in a small hillside town in southern Shan State, Myanmar’s largest coal-run power plant was built. Tigyit has been forever changed by this joint venture between the China National Heavy Machinery Corporation and a group of Myanmar businessmen affiliated with the country’s ruling generals who were responsible for the coup d’état […]
Kingdom set to be a gold producer
Cambodia will soon join the roster of gold producing countries after the government announced the commencement of commercial gold mining operations in the Okvau area in southwestern Mondulkiri province’s Keo Seima district from June 21.
Indonesia to retire coal-fired power plants while also adding more
JAKARTA — Indonesia says it will begin retiring coal-fired power plants for good — while still continuing to build more than a hundred new ones, in the latest mixed message from one of the last coal-friendly countries in the world.
Questions linger about Indonesia’s move away from coal
Indonesia’s latest climate ambitions have been welcomed by experts. But work lies ahead to clean up the country’s murky renewables policy environment and remedy shortcomings in its energy plans.
Coal-powered developments threaten Cambodia’s largest national park
Cambodia’s government has granted permission for a new special economic zone (SEZ) and coal-fired power plant within the lush Botum Sakor National Park in coastal Koh Kong province. The SEZ would create another loosely regulated industrial area within a biodiverse primary forest.
Indonesia to halt approval of new coal-fired power
Indonesia, the world’s largest thermal coal exporter, has decided to stop approving new coal-fired power plants with an aim of cutting emissions and expanding renewable energy sources.
