Extractive industries
Mining
Laos Suspends Power Supply to Cryptocurrency Mining Businesses
Electricite du Laos (EDL) has announced that it will no longer supply electricity to cryptocurrency mining operations in Laos, citing long-term outstanding debts.The notice, issued by EDL on Wednesday, states that Laos experienced drought conditions during the first six months of 2023, with extreme heat causing ...
Manyphone Vongphachanh
Villagers in Laos worry large mining concession will disrupt their lives
The Attapeu provincial government signs a contract with a construction company to conduct a survey for pagodite and other soft stones in Khamvongsa village, Phouvong district, Attapeu province, Laos, on Feb. 8, 2023. Residents in southern Laos’ Attapeu province are concerned that more than one-fourth of ...
RFA Lao
Ministry of Energy and Mines Suspends Foreign Mining Company
Ministry of Energy has issued a notice suspending the operations of a foreign mining company in Oudomxay due to recurring safety issues. The notice states that Lao-Xinlong Mining Company has had its operations in Pak Bang District suspended due to repeated accidents affecting lives and property.Lao ...
Manyphone Vongphachanh
Opened the first modern underground mine in Laos
Community and government stakeholders yesterday visited Lane Xang Minerals Limited (LXML) Sepon mine opened the first modern underground mine in Lao PDR.With a mineral resource of 9.5 million tonnes and projected ore production to increase from 400,000 tonnes in 2023 to 1.2 million tonnes per ...
Manyphone Vongphachanh
Lao Officials Promote Environmental Protection at Mining Projects
During a recent cabinet meeting, the government said it encouraged mining exploration by licensed mining companies to promote excavation and revenue derived from mineral exports. From 2021 to 2025, Laos is expected to produce mineral products valued at USD 7.832 billion, increasing by four percent from ...
Latsamy Phonevilay
The government has approved Sepon Mining Limited to mine gold
On 21 February 2022, the Government of Lao PDR and Sepon Mining Company jointly signed an agreement on the mining and processing of gold ore in Sepon District, Savannakhet Province with an area of 206.72 hectares, which the Company has committed to the Government in ...
Ministry gives green light to gold mining operation
The government has authorised a local company to mine gold ore on a 18.28 square-kilometre site over a period of 20 years. The company will invest about US$46 million in the mining operation and build an international standard factory on the site. The company has ...
Times Reporters
Laos to See Mineral Earnings of USD 463 Million in Fourth Quarter
There are 124 mining companies operating 209 projects including exploration and processing of minerals, with 14 companies now constructing new facilities. From 2021 to 2025, Laos is expected to produce mineral products valued at USD 7.832 billion, increasing by four percent from the previous five ...
Latsamy Phonevilay
Mining officials dig deeper into mineral processing methods
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Government officials from the mining sector at central and local levels are attending a training course to broaden their knowledge of mineral processing.The training course on techniques in mineral resource processing began yesterday in Vientiane and will run until September 23 ...
News Desk
http://annx.asianews.network/content/mining-officials-dig-deeper-mineral-processing-methods-103446
Gold mining operation kicks off in Xaysomboun
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – A feasibility study of exploration and processing at a 234.6 square kilometre gold mining site at Naty village area in Longchaeng district, Xaysomboun province, has begun after the government gave the green light.The project is a partnership between the Jo Bounmy ...
News Desk
http://annx.asianews.network/content/gold-mining-operation-kicks-xaysomboun-103146