Posts Tagged ‘ bauxite ’

Vietnam to start alumina production in Nov: Vinacomin 

September 9, 2011
Vietnam to start alumina production in Nov: Vinacomin 

  Vietnam’s first alumina refinery would start producing in November, after several delays, and sell an expected 50,000 tons this year directly to clients without any tenders, the company operating the plant said on Friday. Alumina output at the $460 million Tan Rai plant would rise to 350,000 tons next year, around half its projected [...]

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Bauxite plant damages Central Highlands’ roads 

May 27, 2011
Bauxite plant damages Central Highlands’ roads 

A damaged section of Road 723 in Lam Dong Province. Local authorities have blamed the damaged roads on heavy trucks travelling to and from the controversial Tan Rai bauxite mining plant. Several weeks from now, a controversial bauxite mining plant will process its first alumina batch in the Central Highlands. The project has attracted strong [...]

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Vietnam announces bauxite, laterite deposit survey 

May 11, 2011
Vietnam announces bauxite, laterite deposit survey 

A sample of bauxite ore in the Central Highlands The Department of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam has announced a VND408 billion (US$19.8 million) project to study bauxite and laterite deposits in the country. The comprehensive study, conducted between October 2011 through September 2015, will cover a total area of 14,000 square kilometers in seven [...]

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Too risky, too unreliable 

November 12, 2010

  I lived in Nhan Co Commune between 2003 and 2005, the present location of one of the two bauxite mining complexes. Back then, the street from Nhan Co to Gia Nghia Town was lined by hills with pine tree forests. Local people always hoped for Gia Nghia to develop and become the center of [...]

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Lawmakers inspect bauxite sites, call for further measures 

November 12, 2010
Lawmakers inspect bauxite sites, call for further measures 

Nguyen Van Tuc removes mud from his garden after an iron ore mine reservoir in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang burst on November 5 Lawmakers remain wary of a controversial pair of proposed bauxite mines being built in the Central Highlands. During a weekend inspection of the construction sites, Nghiem Vu Khai, vice [...]

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Bauxite production set to begin next April 

November 9, 2010
Bauxite production set to begin next April 

The red mud lake at the bauxite mining and processing complex in Lam Dong Province Vinacomin, a state-owned mining group, has announced that its bauxite mining and processing complex in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong will begin commercial production this spring. Starting in April, the plant will refine bauxite ore into alumina to be sold to aluminum [...]

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POLITICS IN BRIEF 10/1

January 11, 2010
POLITICS IN BRIEF 10/1

Singapore’s Prime Minister to visit Vietnam; PM promotes strategies for development tasks in 2010; ‘Keep environment clean’: President; Women’s union urged to renew emulation campaigns    Singapore’s Prime Minister to visit VietnamSingaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will pay an official visit to Viet Nam from January12-15. The visit will take place at the invitation of [...]

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POLITICS IN BRIEF 11/1

January 10, 2010
POLITICS IN BRIEF 11/1

Singapore’s Prime Minister to visit Vietnam; PM promotes strategies for development tasks in 2010; ‘Keep environment clean’: President; Women’s union urged to renew emulation campaigns    Singapore’s Prime Minister to visit VietnamSingaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will pay an official visit to Viet Nam from January12-15. The visit will take place at the invitation of [...]

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Bauxite project must not cause pollution: President

January 9, 2010
Bauxite project must not cause pollution: President

Bauxite mining and processing in the Central Highlands region must be effective and cause no environmental damage, President Nguyen Minh Triet said Thursday. The bauxite project was one of the nation’s priorities, exploiting natural resources to meet the needs of national development, industrialization and modernization, Triet told the Nhan Co Alumina Company in Dak Nong [...]

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Tan Rai bauxite mine set to be licensed

December 25, 2009
Tan Rai bauxite mine set to be licensed

Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai has instructed the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to quickly approve the environmental reports for Tan Rai and Nhan Co projects. The Tan Rai bauxite project in Lam Dong province.LookAtVietnam – Deputy prime minister Hoang Trung Hai has instructed the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to quickly approve the [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...