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Background Phoenix Pulp & Paper (PPP) was established in 1978 and is located 400km from Bangkok in Khon Kaen province. The company produces hard wood pulp for use in the paper industry. It has two identical process lines one 30 year old and the other 15 years old both lines have all concrete bleaching tanks. […]

Background General Electrics (GE) together with Shin Etsu Chemical of Japan formed a joint venture to start production of Silicone monomers in Thailand. Construction of the 1st Phase G1 started in 2001. The plant had an expected output of 70,000 tonnes/year and is currently Asia’s largest class silicone monomer production facility. Operating Conditions The production of silicones requires the use […]

Background Phu Kham is located approximately 120km north of the Laos capital, Vientiane. The Copper source is beneath an oxide gold cap, which is the ore source for the associated Pan Asia Heap Leach Gold operation. Production of copper is in the form of a concentrate, which is transported from Laos and processed further to […]

Background The Ratchaburi Power Plant was initiated by EGAT in 1993 due to high demand for electricity in Thailand. The plant is located 80km south west of Bangkok in Ratchaburi province and  onstruction was started in early 2000. The plant has a total capacity of 3,645 MW and consists of a Thermal and Combined Cycle […]

Background The Ratchaburi Power Project is a combined cycle unit belonging to Ratchaburi Power Company, an independent power producer, which has a long-term 25- year power purchase agreement with EGAT. The plant is located some 80km south west of Bangkok in Ratchaburi province and construction was started in 2005. The plant has a total capacity […]

Background Kaeng Koi Power Plant is located north of Bangkok in Saraburi province. The plant is a combined cycle gas turbine with a capacity of 2 x 734MW. The plant came into operation in March 2008. Operating Conditions Although clean fuel is used and therefore no FGD is required, Kaeng Koi like most power plants […]

Background SSI have invested in a new pickling line to produce up to 1 million tons of steel, which is located at its Hot Strip Mill facility in Bang Saphan, Prachuapkhirikhan district. SSI is one of the largest investors and produces of Steel in Thailand. Operating Conditions Steel pickling lines by their nature use highly […]

Background LXML is a joint venture between Australian miner OZ Minerals and the Laos government. The plant has an annual production greater than 800,000oz of Gold and 60,000 tonnes of Copper. Operating Conditions The plant is the 1st of its type in the world and the environment at the plant and the operational conditions means […]

Background LXML is a joint venture between Australian miner OZ Minerals and the Laos government. In 2003 LXML added a Copper mine and processing plant to its existing gold operation. The Copper Plant produces in excess of 60,000 tonne each year. From leaching of the ore to solvent extraction fnally to onsite electrowining copper cathodes […]

Background LXML is a joint venture between Australian miner OZ Minerals and the Laos government. In 2003 LXML added a Copper mine and processing plant to its existing gold operation. The Copper Plant produces in excess of 60,000 tonne each year. From leaching of the ore to solvent extraction fnally to onsite electrowining copper cathodes […]