Tag: Gold mining

A pit mine belonging to a gold company in Ratanakiri province in 2023. (Supplied)

R’kiri Provincial Authorities Deport Vietnamese After Illegal Gold Mining Swoop

18 Mar 2024 9:04 PM|
Eung Sea|

Ratanakiri provincial authorities arrested 26 Vietnamese illegal gold miners in Ta Veng District, who were deported back to Vietnam through the O'Yadav international border with…

A photograph shared by Information Minister Khieu Kanharith shows the alleged area where a mining pit collapsed and killed four workers in Kampong Thom province on May 4, 2023. (Information Minister Khieu Kanharith’s Facebook)

Four People Killed in Unauthorized Gold Mine Collapse in Kampong Thom

5 May 2023 6:40 PM|
Sovann Sreypich|

Four gold miners working in an unauthorized mine died following a cave-in on Thursday in Kampong Thom province’s Sre Pring village in Sochet commune.

An image from Sentinel-2 taken on December 11, showing mining activities in areas designated as operation sites for Late Cheng Mining Development in the company's environmental impact assessment. (Credit: Licadho; Photo Credit: Jack Brook / CamboJA)

In Protected Prey Lang Forest, Communities Pushed Out But Mining Companies Welcomed In

27 Dec 2022 2:13 PM|
Khuon Narim|

Kampong Thom's Sandan district: Snang An village chief Sok Heng proudly displays a photo of his new home, constructed in July 2021, as his phone’s…

An orange pond, which villagers suspected of having high toxin levels, can be seen near the mining operations of Delcom in Rovieng district, Preah Vihear province. Photo taken on December 14, 2021. CamboJA / Vann Vichar

Gold mining in Preah Vihear brings few riches, plenty of pain to community

31 Jan 2022 11:44 AM|
Vann Vichar|

"The water in the pond next to the fence of the company and in the small river south of the company is at a very…

The first ore extracted from Mondulkiri's Okavu Gold Deposit, to be processed by the Australian Renaissance Minerals company.

After oil bust, Cambodia announces first commercial gold mining project

11 Jun 2021 8:39 PM|
Sorn Sarath|

Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a public letter Thursday that Renaissance Minerals will be the first Australian mining firm to start extracting ore from…