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Officials catch 'toxic waste kingpin'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/06/2025
» A major figure behind the illegal trade of hazardous waste has been caught operating three companies involved in processing and exporting toxic industrial dust in violation of multiple laws, the Ministry of Industry said.
FTI pushes for tougher steel checks
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/04/2025
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has put forward recommendations to address the issue of substandard steel in Thailand in the wake of the collapse of the 30-storey State Audit Office, following concerns that substandard steel played a role in the disaster.
Radioactive waste probed
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 26/03/2025
» The Ministry of Industry has launched a probe into the illegal import of around 10,262 tonnes of powdery waste containing radioactive caesium-137, with documents falsely declaring the material to be zinc concentrate.
Don't expect the 'Korea discount' to disappear
News, Manishi Raychaudhuri, Published on 19/12/2024
» South Korea has recently been in the news for all the wrong reasons, with a brief spell of martial law, continuing political uncertainty and market ructions. But the sharp underperformance of the country's equity market long predates the turmoil involving recently impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol. The deep-rooted problems suggest the so-called "Korea discount" is unlikely to budge even after political calm has been restored.
Protecting workers from heat
News, Laura Alfers & Christy Braham, Published on 02/09/2024
» Today's escalating climate crisis disproportionately affects the world's two billion informal workers. As heat waves become increasingly frequent and intense, the absence of global occupational safety and health (OSH) protections against climate-related risks leaves these workers dangerously exposed. Forced to labour in record-breaking temperatures, their health and even lives are in jeopardy.
First lot of toxic waste moved
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/04/2024
» The transfer of the first lot of toxic tailings which had been illegally moved from a landfill in Tak kicked off yesterday and is expected to conclude in June, according to a source in the Industry Ministry.
Is China stockpiling resources in case of future war?
News, Peter Apps, Published on 29/04/2024
» In the eastern Chinese port of Dongying, the start of 2024 has often seen several tankers docked simultaneously discharging Russian crude oil into a new 31.5-million-barrel storage facility completed late last year.
Govt orders action on cadmium saga
News, Chairith Yonpiam & Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/04/2024
» The Industry Ministry has instructed the Samut Sakhon Provincial Industry Office to file complaints against anyone owning the cadmium tailings discovered in the province.
Tailings to be returned from May 7
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 17/04/2024
» Bound & Beyond Plc will start transporting cadmium tailings from Samut Sakhon, Bangkok and Chon Buri back to their original location in Tak on May 7 and expects to complete the job in under 36 days, according to Industry Minister Pimphattra Wichaikul.
Pits checked to inspect readiness
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 16/04/2024
» The Industry Ministry and local agencies in Tak have jointly inspected the readiness of disposal pits before cadmium tailings are relocated there from Samut Sakhon.