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The Cabinet yesterday approved a Bt12-billion budget to build facilities to receive electricity from the Xayaburi Dam, currently undergoing construction in Laos. The facilities, which will be used to obtain, store and relay the electricity, will be built in Loei, Nong Bua Lamphu and Khon Kaen provinces and will be operated by the Electricity Generating […]
Continue ReadingThai City Electric, a manufacturer and distributor of Sharp electrical appliances, plans to invest between Bt500 million and Bt600 million in a new factory to serve both the domestic and export markets. “We plan to relocate our factory out of the 30-rai plot in the King Kaew area of Samut Prakan, which has reached its […]
Continue ReadingA high-speed train project linking southern China, Laos and Thailand could start in 2015 in time for the launch of the Asean Economic Community. Chamaiporn Chuecharoen, the commercial counsellor for Thailand in Kunming, China, said the project envisions a train capable of speeds of 200 kilometres per hour running from Yunnan province to Laos and […]
Continue ReadingAndritz receives CH. Karnchang order for electromechanical equipment for Xayaburi dam Steps are proceeding for the controversial $3.8 billion Xayaburi dam in Laos despite assurances that the hydropower project was on hold pending further studies into possible environmental effects on the Mekong River. Austrian technology company Andritz said Thai construction company CH. Karnchang had placed an […]
Continue ReadingInternational concerns about Lao’s plans to massively dam the Mekong River and its tributaries have again been brushed aside by the authorities in Vientiane who have announced new contracts worth about $1.0 billion to build three dams. The dams will feed a hydropower plant on two tributaries of the Se Kong River, just 100 kilometers from […]
Continue ReadingCambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that the country has no plan to build a nuclear power plant for present time, citing nuclear disasters in Ukraine and Japan. He said that it was a misunderstanding that a neighboring country (Thailand) reportedly said that he allowed the construction of a nuclear power plant in Koh […]
Continue ReadingThe construction industry’s lack of workers has resulted in many projects not being able to expand, says the Construction Institute of Thailand (CIT). Chakporn Oonjitt, executive director of the CIT, which is under the Industry Ministry, said some works, especially housing projects, have been delayed, while developers have been reluctant to take on new ones. […]
Continue ReadingArchetype Group, a leading multi-disciplinary construction consultancy in Asia, announced today their appointment as Project and Construction Manager for the new prestigious and iconic MahaNakhon Tower in Bangkok. The MahaNakhon Tower is a striking mixed-use development in the heart of Bangkok’s central business district. It features a unique design that introduces a three-dimensional ribbon of […]
Continue ReadingGen Prayuth said he wanted Cambodia to discuss the plan with other Asean members first. He was speaking after Hun Sen raised the matter at the 30th Asean Ministers Meeting on Energy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, last month. The meeting, themed Asean Green Connectivity, aimed to boost co-operation in the energy sector among the bloc’s […]
Continue ReadingThailand will conduct a study on the construction of a nuclear power plant, the energy minister said. Speaking after a seminar on “No Shortage of Thai Energy: Thai Logistics in Progress”, Arak Chonlatanon said the ministry was preparing the country’s new power production capacity development plan (PDP 2012) to ensure energy sufficiency. Thailand has utilised about […]
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