Mr. Chai Watcharong, spokesman for the Prime Minister’s Office, revealed that the Prime Minister gave an order at the Cabinet meeting (Cabinet) on 7 November 2023 to the Ministry of Industry. Go expedite the matter of the potash mining project in the northeastern region. Because the project has been delayed. Even though Thailand has a lot of potash ore in the northeastern region. In the area of Udon Thani Province, Chaiyaphum to upper Nakhon Ratchasima. Protase is considered one of the 3 important minerals used in fertilizer. Or make it a fertilizer Currently, the number 1 country producing fertilizer from potash is Canada. Meanwhile, Thailand has the second largest amount of potash minerals in the world.
In the past, three people have received licenses to mine potash, but they are still unable to open their mining areas. One of the owners who received the concession has had it for more than 8 years but is still unable to mine the minerals. The other two companies that have received the concession It was reported that there were problems with funding.
“The Prime Minister has ordered the Ministry of Industry to study whether If the original company that has already received the concession is unable to use potash, which is a mineral that is useful and in demand in the country and the world, Let’s see if there is a way to have new players who are ready to develop potash mineral resources in the Northeast or not.”
However, from the Prime Minister’s visit to the Eastern Special Region (EEC), it was found that there were many projects that were very delayed, such as the Laem Port sea reclamation Phase 3, which the Prime Minister did not want to see state administrators defend on behalf of the contractor. But they want to chase down the contractor to complete the work according to the procurement contract. To achieve efficiency in work and expedite investment in the EEC Therefore appointed Mr. Suriya Jungrungruangkit, Minister of Transport, chairs the committee to accelerate investment in the EEC area. and the Secretary-General of the Eastern Special Development Zone Policy Committee Office (SEC) will be the secretary.
2023-11-08 00:21:00
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