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News from the Vientiane Times
Phu Bia boosts copper output- Phu Bia Mining Limited (PBM) anticipates that copper production will increase to 60,000 tonnes in its first full year of production next year and to 75,000 tonnes in 2010 after expansion of the plant. “We expect to boost production after finding more resources in the area, as we recently announced when updating our mineral resource and ore reserve estimates for Phu Kham,” said PBM Chairman Chanpheng Bounnaphol last Friday.
Speaking at the start of commercial operation of the Phu Kham Copper-Gold Mine in Xaysomboun district, Vientiane province, Mr Chanpheng said that with regard to gold production the company expected to produce 60,000 ounces in 2009 and then 65,000 ounces in 2010, while silver production would be at a constant 600,000 ounces a year starting in 2009.
PBM is a private company, registered in Laos with 90 percent of shareholdings retained by Pan Australian Resources Limited (PNA) and 10 percent by the Lao government. The minerals extracted are mainly exported to China .
The company has recently completed construction of the Phu Kham Copper-Gold Concentrate Project. “This will enable us to produce 200,000 ounces of copper a year,” said Deputy Minister of Energy and Mines Somboun Rasasombath.
“PBM commissioned the Phu Kham Copper-Gold Operation within the 2.1 trillion kip (US$241 million) capital budget,” said PNA Chairman Bob Bryan...More details...
Czech Republic offers scholarships - Laos and the Czech Republic are expanding their cooperation as the Czech Republic last week offered scholarships to Lao students for the first time since 1989.
The scholarships will enable students to undertake master's and PhD programmes. It is hoped these would follow up on various pilot projects in Laos in the areas of livestock breeding, water management, water science, mining, and advanced technologies.
A scholarship will first be offered to just one Lao student, for study at a Czech university starting this September.
Czech Republic officials, led by the Chairman of the Committee on National Economy, Agriculture and Transport of the Senate of the Czech Republic , Hon. Ivan Adamec, visited the Ministry of Education on Friday to meet Deputy Education Minister Ms Sengdeuane Lachanthaboun and other education officials.
They discussed ways the Czech Republic could assist in the development of Lao education, especially through the provision of scholarships in different fields. This would also enhance the newly resumed diplomatic relationship between the two countries.
Ms Sengdeuane said the development of human resources was of key importance to Laos ...More details...
EU funds journalist training - The European Union has donated US$90,000 to a project aimed at training Lao journalists to cover news more professionally.
The Lao Journalists' Association will run the two-year project with the Lao Women's Union , as it also aims to improve journalists' understanding of women's concerns.
The project was officially launched in Vientiane on Friday and is titled “Information and Women for Development in the Lao PDR”.
European Union Ambassador to Laos Dr Friedrich Hamburger said the EU's financial support to the Lao Journalists' Association was part of its efforts to implement the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights.
He said the objectives were to enhance journalism in Laos by improving its relevance, quality and diversity of information and also to strengthen the role of women in society.
“The project will contribute to strengthening the capacity of Lao journalists as a professional body, and make them able to improve the quality of the coverage of events relevant to women,” he said.
“The project is also designed to produce new types of radio and TV programmes with the active participation of women.”..More details...
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