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  • Vietnam and Laos bauxite transport pipe construction approved

    LAOS, 2013/10/10 The Quang Nam Provincial People's Committee has allowed the Vietnam Import Export and Construction Corporation (Vinaconex) and its Lao partner the Laos Minerals Company, to build a pipe to transport bauxite from the Laos to the Chu Lai Economic Zone. According to Vinaconex, the bauxite mine in Sekong and Attapeu plateaus are at a height of about 1,150 meters with reserves of 300 million tons of ore. The pipe to transport bauxite to Vietnam will be about 240 kilometers and will be designed at the highest standards of the pipeline manufacturing industry.

  • Cement firms have their thinking caps on to sustain current market oversupply.

    VIETNAM, 2013/04/24 In 2013’s prime quarter, Vicem Hoang Thach Cement, based in Hai Duong province, sold nearly 700,000 tonnes of cement and around one million tonnes of clinker, a 38 % jump against the same period last year. Despite these positive sales, the company fears consumption could come to a standstill in the following months unless comprehensive measures were taken.
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