[caption id="attachment_5195" align="aligncenter" width="1920"] A scale model of Korea-Myanmar Industrial Complex (KMIC) (Photo-KMLC)[/caption] YANGON-----Construction of Korea-Myanmar Industrial Complex (KMIC) will be launched in Yangon Region tomorrow so also Yangon will be implementing the Myanmar Singapore Industrial Park, says Thaung Tun, Union Minister of Investment and...
Read MoreUnder the guidance of the State Administration Council, land areas were designated in order to construct New International Airport in Mudon Township of Mon State near Kawtparan village and New International Port between BalaukNyaungWaing Village and Wae Kali Village. Depending on the budget calculations of concerned...
Read More[caption id="attachment_5175" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Yetagun Offshore Platform[/caption] PETRONAS’ subsidiaries, PETRONAS Carigali Myanmar Inc (PCMI) and PC Myanmar (Hong Kong) Limited (PCML) today announced their withdrawal from Blocks M12, M13 and M14 located in the Yetagun field, offshore Myanmar. The decision was made following a thorough techno-commercial review...
Read MoreMYEIK---Yoma Strategic Holdings and First Myanmar Investment Company (FMI) will be investing Ks 105 billion in Kawtthaung Hill Development Project which includes international standard Museum, Hotel and Villas, according to the sources. The project will be implemented on 1199 Mountain situated in Kawtthaung Township, Kawtthaung District,...
Read MoreAn agreement on implementing the Nanmatu (Hsipaw) hydropower project with an installation capacity of 210 megawatts was signed on April 29, the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) has announced. The agreement was signed between the Department of Electric Power and Planning under the MOEE and...
Read More[caption id="attachment_5140" align="alignleft" width="680"] Singapore has turned to creative ways to harvest more solar energy. These include inland floating solar farms at Tengeh Reservoir. BT FILE PHOTO[/caption] AS a region familiar with the fearsome potential of natural disasters - 80 per cent of the Asean region...
Read More[caption id="attachment_4937" align="aligncenter" width="841"] Traffic moves along Seikkanthar Road in Yangon. Photo: Mar Naw/ The Myanmar Times[/caption] The Pathein Bridge (2), which directly connects Pathein Mahabandoola Road with the west bank of Ngawun River in Ayeyarwady Region, will officially open for traffic in September, according to...
Read More[caption id="attachment_4928" align="aligncenter" width="842"] Photo: Kang Wan Chern/The Myanmar Times[/caption] Myanmar will announce the winners for a 1060-megawatt solar project tender "very soon," said U Soe Myint, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Electricity and Energy. "The announcement will be made soon and we are screening...
Read MoreMyanmar has suspended a 380-megawatt hydropower project at the Manipur River in Chin State due to high risk, U Tun Naing, Deputy Minister for Electricity and Energy, told the Hluttaw last week. "After a review at the State Econominc Coordination Committee Meeting, this project was found...
Read More[caption id="attachment_4921" align="aligncenter" width="821"] Power lines seen in San Chaung township, Yangon. Photo: Kang Wan Chern/ The Myanmar Times[/caption] The Upgrading of a combined cycle gas turbine power plant in Ywama, Yangon, has been given the go-ahead by the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE). The Power...
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