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ASEAN mineral meetings kick off in Bangkok
BANGKOK, March 2 (TNA) – The 10th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Minerals (ASOMM) and related meetings began Tuesday in the Thai capital of Bangkok, aiming to jointly develop the minerals industry in the region.
Sorayut Phettrakul, assistant to the industry minister, presided over the opening ceremony of the 10th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Minerals (ASOMM), the 7th meeting of ASSOM’s working groups as well as the ASOMM+3 meeting with representatives of ASEAN's three
dialogue partners from China, Japan and South Korea. The meetings among 10 Southeast Asian nations and the three partners run through Friday.
Mr Sorayut said the meetings are an ASEAN cooperation to enhance development of the regional mineral industry in terms of academic information and mineral exploration, production and trade in order to produce minerals in an environmentally friendly manner.
In addition, the meetings also result in cooperation in ASEAN trade and investment in the minerals sector which has expanded to the three dialogue partners including China, Japan and South Korea.
Mr Sorayut added that the ASEAN cooperation is another channel for technology transfer and improvement, aiming to boost the potential for the mineral sector as well as create more trade and investment opportunities in the region.
Meanwhile, Somkiat Puthongchairit, director-general of the Primary Industries and Mines Department, said that ASEAN is endowed with abundant mineral resources and energy resources. He explained
that the mineral industry has continued to grow and that trade among the ASEAN members amounts to Bt500 billion (nearly US$1.6 billion).
Thailand’s mineral trade in the region is valued at Bt36 billion (nearly US$1.1 billion).
The director-general expects that the meetings will result in cooperative programmes in the region, and planning to promote the Thai private sector to invest in the mineral industry in other ASEAN nations.
Currently there are Thai investors in coal mining in Indonesia, Myanmar and Laos, and investment in zinc mines in Laos and Vietnam as well as in tin mining in Indonesia and Myanmar.
Four strategies of the cooperative mineral programme included cooperation in mineral resources’ data and database, promotion in potential for exploration and production, cooperative trade and
investment and support of sustainable minerals extraction development. (TNA)
Sorayut Phettrakul, assistant to the industry minister, presided over the opening ceremony of the 10th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Minerals (ASOMM), the 7th meeting of ASSOM’s working groups as well as the ASOMM+3 meeting with representatives of ASEAN's three
dialogue partners from China, Japan and South Korea. The meetings among 10 Southeast Asian nations and the three partners run through Friday.
Mr Sorayut said the meetings are an ASEAN cooperation to enhance development of the regional mineral industry in terms of academic information and mineral exploration, production and trade in order to produce minerals in an environmentally friendly manner.
In addition, the meetings also result in cooperation in ASEAN trade and investment in the minerals sector which has expanded to the three dialogue partners including China, Japan and South Korea.
Mr Sorayut added that the ASEAN cooperation is another channel for technology transfer and improvement, aiming to boost the potential for the mineral sector as well as create more trade and investment opportunities in the region.
Meanwhile, Somkiat Puthongchairit, director-general of the Primary Industries and Mines Department, said that ASEAN is endowed with abundant mineral resources and energy resources. He explained
that the mineral industry has continued to grow and that trade among the ASEAN members amounts to Bt500 billion (nearly US$1.6 billion).
Thailand’s mineral trade in the region is valued at Bt36 billion (nearly US$1.1 billion).
The director-general expects that the meetings will result in cooperative programmes in the region, and planning to promote the Thai private sector to invest in the mineral industry in other ASEAN nations.
Currently there are Thai investors in coal mining in Indonesia, Myanmar and Laos, and investment in zinc mines in Laos and Vietnam as well as in tin mining in Indonesia and Myanmar.
Four strategies of the cooperative mineral programme included cooperation in mineral resources’ data and database, promotion in potential for exploration and production, cooperative trade and
investment and support of sustainable minerals extraction development. (TNA)
