Posts Tagged ‘ Titanium ’

Panel targets mining corruption 

June 1, 2011
Panel targets mining corruption 

  A panel of foreign and local experts have called for improved transparency and accountability in Vietnam’s gas and mining sector A copper mine run by the Vietnam Coal and Mineral Industries Group in the north-western province of Lao Cai. An anti-corruption dialogue on May 25 called for improved transparency and accountability in Vietnam’s gas [...]

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Private company director arrested for titanium smuggling 

May 16, 2011
Private company director arrested for titanium smuggling 

Ministry of Public Security’s police Vietnamese police on Friday arrested the director of a private company for illegally exporting titanium to China. Le Van Chien, the 33-year-old director of Trung Viet Export-Import and Investment Company based in the central province of Binh Dinh, was charged with smuggling and is detained pending investigations. According to the police, [...]

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High duties see central Vietnam province export raw titanium

January 18, 2010
High duties see central Vietnam province export raw titanium

Titanium exploited in Binh Dinh Province Titanium is being exported raw from the south central province of Binh Dinh as local firms are discouraged by the cost for processing and the high duties on processed titanium. Binh Dinh is home to six factories designed to process 179,000 tons of titanium a year but most of [...]

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Binh Thuan limits wind power projects due to titanium

December 3, 2009
Binh Thuan limits wind power projects due to titanium

LookAtVietnam – The government of Binh Thuan Province has decided to suspend the licensing of new wind power development projects . . . A wind power turbine tower under construction in Binh Thuan Province.Dinh Huy Hiep, vice director of the department, told the Daily on Tuesday that though there was high potential for developing wind [...]

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Miracle bracelets little more than worthless scrap

November 14, 2009
Miracle bracelets little more than worthless scrap

VietNamNet Bridge – Titanium bracelets advertised as being able to improve health and bring luck have had customers flocking to pay over one million dong.  However, investigation has shown the bracelets contain over 70 percent iron and are worth only around 4,000 dong. The investigation was conducted by the Market Control Bureau of Phu Tho province [...]

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Massive overexploitation of titanium reserves in Binh Dinh

October 19, 2009
Massive overexploitation of titanium reserves in Binh Dinh

A titanium mining site in Binh Dinh Province Too many titanium mining projects have been licensed in the central province of Binh Dinh, leading to overexploitation of the resource, a provincial official said. Nguyen Kim Phuong, director of Binh Dinh Province Department of Industry and Trade, said about 30 titanium mining projects have been approved [...]

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Binh Thuan: Few licenced golf projects activated

September 3, 2009
Binh Thuan: Few licenced golf projects activated

LookAtVietnam – Only two of 15 golf course projects in the southern province of Binh Thuan have become operational. The remaining, which have been licenced since 2003, are still inactive.   Golf course or titan exploration projects?Most of the golf courses in Binh Thuan are located on good sites along the coast, which is famous [...]

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Semi-processed titanium plant opened in Binh Dinh

July 28, 2009
Semi-processed titanium plant opened in Binh Dinh

LookAtVietnam – The country’s largest semi-processed titanium factory was opened on Friday in the central province of Binh Dinh, which the investor said would bring much income for the country which so far has largely shipped the raw ore. Workers on a titanium production line at the new processing factory inaugurated by Saigon-Quy Nhon Mining [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 25/7

July 25, 2009
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 25/7

Vietnam joins Advisory Centre on WTO Law;  Chevron, Mitsui, PetroVietnam sign Vietnam gas accord; Lam Dong District to provide new coffee breed to growers; Binh Dinh inaugurates titanium slag plant Lam Dong Province’s Bao Lam District will have over 3,000 hectares of grafted coffee bushes by next year, according to the district government.   Accordingly, the [...]

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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 24/7

July 24, 2009
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 24/7

Southern helicopter firm increases fleet; US consultants for Vung Ang thermo-power plant; Sembcorp to build big township and IP in Vietnam; Shares rise following credit reassurances   Vietnam’s Southern Service Flight Company has increased the size of its fleet with a long-range passenger transport helicopter just delivered by Eurocopter, the helicopter manufacturer said in a statement [...]

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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...