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B Grimm Trading Corporation aims to grow its sales of engineering products from Europe, the US and other parts of the world by 75 per cent to Bt1.4 billion this year while joining with Carrier Thailand to venture into emerging markets such as Myanmar. B Grimm Trading, an affiliate of B Grimm, serves as an […]
Continue ReadingThe governor of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand yesterday said he hoped plans for the Dawei power-generation plant, which had been submitted to the Myanmar government, would be approved in time for construction of the 1,800-megawatt coal-fired facility to commence by year-end. Sutat Patmasiriwat said the Thai government had submitted the plans for the […]
Continue ReadingMajor trading house Marubeni Corp. announced June 14 that it will work with a Thai company to develop new independent power producer (IPP) projects in Thailand and neighboring countries such as Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia. Marubeni executed a memorandum of understanding on June 13 with Global Power Synergy Co., a subsidiary of PTT Public Co., […]
Continue ReadingIn a few months, impoverished Myanmar plans to start pumping roughly $45 million worth of oil and gas a day from the Bay of Bengal to China by pipeline. The vital fuel for China’s growing economy will bypass the Malacca Straits and U.S. ally Singapore. It will mostly also bypass Myanmar. Though rich in natural […]
Continue ReadingEnergy Minister Pongsak Ruktapongpisal has given the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) the green light to proceed with a plan to build coal-powered plants in Myanmar and Cambodia – providing Thailand with 10,000 megawatts of electricity. Egat has also been instructed to negotiate the purchase of nuclear power from China in order to bring […]
Continue ReadingGEP wants partners for its 210-MW Myanmar solar plant Green Earth Power (Thailand) or GEP is seeking partners for joint development of its 210-megawatt solar power plant in Myanmar, the third largest of its kind in the world and costing nearly 9 billion baht. The company also plans to mobilise funds from the Stock Exchange […]
Continue ReadingAn elegant cemetery in strife-torn southeast Myanmar has long stood as a lonely testament to the fate of thousands of prisoners of war who died building Japan’s “Death Railway”. As the fast-changing nation now opens to the world, a reformist regime is considering rebuilding a stretch of the notorious World War II track to attract […]
Continue ReadingAn elegant cemetery in strife-torn southeast Myanmar has long stood as a lonely testament to the fate of thousands of prisoners of war who died building Japan’s “Death Railway”. As the fast-changing nation now opens to the world, a reformist regime is considering rebuilding a stretch of the notorious World War II track to attract […]
Continue ReadingThe budget for the construction of the project was set at US$8 billion. But two years have been passed and the project has used only US$52 million, the source said. The project, implemented by Italian-Thai Development (IDP) has been importing construction tools and machinery since January 2011. Although the company has spent on tools and […]
Continue ReadingThe budget for the construction of the project was set at US$8 billion. But two years have been passed and the project has used only US$52 million, the source said. The project, implemented by Italian-Thai Development (IDP) has been importing construction tools and machinery since January 2011. Although the company has spent on tools and […]
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