Good news for clean-energy traffic
TADA, Cambodia’s fastest-growing ride-hailing app, plans to invest $20 million to produce electric tuktuks within the framework of clean energy development. The news was announced after Long Dimanche, Cambodian ambassador to South Korea, had a meeting with TADA Chief Executive Officer Kay Woo from South Korea regarding the Singapore company’s investment in Cambodia.
Virtual launching of third edition of Journal of Greater Mekong Studies
The third edition of the Journal of the Greater Mekong Studies (JGMS) was launched this week during a Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP) video event.
Kandal power plant ‘set for November’
A 400MW heavy fuel oil power facility in Kandal province’s eastern Lvea Em district will be fully operational in November, Ministry of Mines and Energy senior official Victor Jona said on Wednesday.
Exploration permits for gold-polymetallic mines offered
The Ministry of Mines and Energy on Monday put on offer concession licences for some 207sq km of gold-polymetallic mining areas in Tbong Khmum and Ratanakkiri provinces. “Interested national and international companies can apply for a mining licence at the [ministry’s] General Department of Mineral Resources,” the ministry said in a press release, adding that it […]
Student workshop on potential mining sector
Students from the Institute of Technology of Cambodia have been learning about the Kingdom’s potential mining sector as the country is stepping up efforts to extract its first drop oil at the end of this year. The Ministry of Mines and Energy said that the workshop called Petroleum Geological Potential Assessment was held by students […]
The Last Farewell to the Mighty Mekong
The miracle of the Mekong, where the pulsating force of the monsoon-driven river every year pushes its tributary to back up and reverse its flow into the great Tonle Sap lake in Cambodia, has again been disrupted and obstructed by dams, drought, and climate change. “This is a terrible disaster for the whole Mekong region,” Thai […]
PetroVietnam subsidiary to drill in Cambodia from October
Hanoi (VNA) – The PetroVietnam Drilling & Well Service Corporation (PV Drilling)’s rig PV Drilling III will implement its contract to drill five new wells for Kris Energy in Cambodia for three months, starting October. Meanwhile, the rig PV Drilling II will start a 100-day drilling campaign in Vietnam from September, according to the corporation.
Banteay Meanchey solar-energy project awarded
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on Tuesday approved Thai-owned Ray Power Supply Co Ltd’s $39.8 million 30MW solar-energy project in the Kingdom’s far northwestern province of Banteay Meanchey. Located in Chhnuor Meanchey commune in the province’s southeastern Preah Net Preah district, the site is around 55km east of downtown Poipet and a […]
