Export taxes on all kinds of coal would be increased from the current 15 per cent to 20 per cent as of September 11 to limit the outflow of the natural resource, according to a new circular issued by the Ministry of Finance. Under the circular, export tariffs on other natural resources such as brass, [...]
The bauxite saga seemed to come to an end when all concerns about the environmental impacts of bauxite mining in the ecologically sensitive Central Highlands cooled down last year. The issue, however, has recently stolen the limelight again. This time, it is not about the environment, but how the roads used to transport alumina from [...]
Phillips Carbon Black Vietnam JSC on Friday started work on the nation’s first carbon black plant in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau. The plant is a joint venture between Phillip Carbon Black Ltd of India and three Vietnam National Chemical Group (Vinachem) rubber affiliates – Casumina, Da Nang and Sao Vang. Phillips Carbon [...]
Rich in largely untapped natural resources and able to benefit from a low cost labor force, Vietnam has enjoyed 10-percent growth rates (although it has also suffered 11 percent inflation rates last year). Rich in largely untapped natural resources and able to benefit from a low cost labor force, Vietnam has enjoyed 10-percent growth rates [...]
Vietnam produced 3.607 million metric tons of coal in July, up 14% from a year earlier, the government’s General Statistics Office said Monday. In the January-July period, the country produced 26.148 million tons of coal, up 3.4%, the GSO said in a statement. June coal output was 3.388 million tons, revised figures showed. The GSO [...]
Vietnam will produce the first alumina from a bauxite complex in the Central Highlands in September after months of delays caused by adverse weather, power shortages and slow equipment delivery, the official Vietnam News Agency reported on Wednesday. The country’s first alumina plant in Lam Dong province is now due to get its first product [...]
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