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Siam Cement mulls reopening $5.4 billion plant in Vietnam as prices rebound
Published on 23/05/2025
» Siam Cement Plc is looking to resume operations at its $5.4 billion petrochemicals complex in Vietnam, amid signs prices depressed by a period of oversupply have hit the bottom.
Supply glut hits petrochemicals
Business, Published on 02/05/2025
» This year is likely to be another tough one for downstream petrochemical businesses, which serve various industries ranging from automotive and textiles to medical equipment and toys.
Toxic gas killed men in fish fermentation tank
Published on 10/12/2024
» PHETCHABUN - Police believe a build up of toxic gas in a fish fermentation tank is what probably killed the five men who were assigned to clean it at a pla-ra plant in this northern province on Monday evening.
SCG preps green transformation
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 18/09/2024
» SET-listed Siam Cement Group (SCG), Thailand's largest cement maker and industrial conglomerate, plans to allocate 200 billion baht to develop its businesses between 2025 and 2030, in a bid to make them more eco-friendly and competitive.
Seed bomb threat to forest ecology
Editorial, Published on 01/09/2024
» Despite public concern over invasive species like the blackchin tilapia, which is rapidly spreading and threatening river and marine ecosystems nationwide, forest authorities are now putting rainforests at risk by seed bombing with non-native species. This reckless action must stop.
A touch of golf therapy
News, Published on 10/08/2024
» A recent Shinawatra weekend retreat to Khao Yai was anything but private and set tongues wagging as to why Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul paid a surprise visit to the family.
A biodiverse treasure
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 20/06/2024
» It was starting to drizzle and the mountain was shrouded in a sea of mist, making it difficult to see the winding roads leading to Ang Ka Nature Trail nestled in Chiang Mai's Doi Inthanon National Park. There's something alluring about travelling in the rainy season, when the forest becomes green and provides a sanctuary from the heat.
Israeli farms desperate for workers
Published on 14/11/2023
» KADIMA, Israel - Israeli farms, core to the country’s national identity, for years employed Palestinian and Thai workers. But since the Hamas-led attacks on Oct 7 and the war in the Gaza Strip, most Palestinians have been banned from Israel and many fearful Thais have returned home, leaving growers to scramble for labour.
Civilians trapped in Gaza are running out of food, fuel, hope
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/11/2023
» GAZA - In the days after Oct 7, bombs started falling from the sky. Leaflets fell too, urging the 1.1 million residents of northern Gaza to head south for their safety. So Reda Sahoiun left her home.
No loss there, eyeing a better deal, sex pest strikes again
News, Published on 22/10/2023
» A Buri Ram mother is breathing a sigh of relief after an elderly man accused of molesting her daughter, and who also molested herself as a young child, took his own life rather than face the law.