Myanmar News
Myanmar gas deal to benefit Thailand 17 December 2019 A new cooperation deal between the Myanmar government and private energy company, MPRL E&P, will bring good news for Thailand’s power generation sector, Myanmar’s Ministry of Electricity and Energy said in a statement on Monday. The statement was issued after MPRL E&P, a Myanmar-based independent energy […]
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Thailand’s Energy Absolute gears up to bid on Taiwanese wind power project 16 December 2019 SET-listed Energy Absolute (EA) is preparing to participate in an auction for a wind power project with a capacity of 3,000 megawatts in Taiwan next year. Amorn Sapthaweekul, EA’s deputy chief executive, said the upcoming auction is the third phase […]
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Sahakol Equipment’s Sasavat Sirison engineers a regional push After taking the family firm public, Sasavat Sirison is digging for mining opportunities throughout Asean Forty-nine years ago, Sahakol Engineer Co was just a local civil construction company run by the Sirison family. Some metropolitan and provincial roads provided the company with work to serve the government’s […]
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Ayala and Yoma team up to close Myanmar’s infrastructure gap Conglomerates’ power and water plans promise to help offset limited public fund If there is one thing Myanmar needs, it is infrastructure. Now, Yoma Group, one of the country’s biggest conglomerates, is looking to build it with a partner that knows a thing or two […]
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Tadano Italthai to tap Indochina for crane sales 4 December 2019 Italthai Industrial Co, an importer and distributor of heavy machinery under Italthai Group, has teamed up with Japan’s Tadano Ltd to raise sales of cranes in five countries of the Indochina region to 2 billion baht by 2024. Yesterday the company signed a venture […]
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Myanmar Workers to Push for Higher Minimum Wage 29 November 2019 The Confederation of Trade Unions in Myanmar (CTUM) is bringing a proposal to raise the minimum wage from 4,800 kyats (US$3.19) to 7,200 kyats per day to the National Committee for the Minimum Wage. The CTUM recently conducted surveys in Yangon, Bago, Mandalay, Sagaing […]
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Myanmar’s new Yangon City – A controversial blueprint Myanmar pins hopes on brand new city to entice foreign investment and jobs, but must respond to concerns about transparency and sea-level rise It’s summer and Yangon is scorching hot. The hotel air-conditioning shuts down as it does several times a day due to electricity shortages. Shops […]
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Myanmar builds new Surbung Airport in mountainous northwestern Chin state 26 November 2019 Myanmar is building an airport in the far-flung mountainous Falam township of Chin state to bring more tourists to the region. the Department of Civil Aviation has said. The authorities are using a state budget of 19.93 billion kyats (13.28 million U.S. […]
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Thailand’s state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) faces competition in bids to operate large power plants 21 November 2019 Egat‘s Khanom power plant in Nakhon Sri Thammarat. A tentative plan aims to deregulate power generation in Thailand. Thailand‘s power-generating capacity will be deregulated in the near future, meaning the state-run Electricity Generating Authority of […]
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Thailand hopes to have bullet trains running by 2023 17 November 2019 After years of delays and much debate, it’s finally happening. Bullet trains are coming to Thailand. With one project under construction, another approved and others being considered, many in the country are questioning whether high-speed rail (HSR) will be the right fit for […]
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