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A second report covering the Myitsone dam project on the Irrawaddy River will soon be submitted to the Burmese president for his consideration.
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Joern Kristensen, the director of the Myanmar Institute for Integrated Development, speaks to DVB about Burma’s options for meeting its energy needs.
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The move follows a chain of fatal incidents across the country, including the electrocution of a seven-year-old girl in Magwe earlier this week.
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Burma’s energy minister tells parliament that it will take another decade and a half for the the country realise its goal of universal access to electricity.
Foreign direct investment in the fiscal year ending in March grew to nearly $9 billion, after a rush of last-minute approvals.
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Catch up on the latest Burmese investment and business news.
Despite the slump in energy prices, oil and gas fields in Burma will soon be the busiest in Asia as investors begin to ratchet up their explorations.
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This week in business; Myanmar Brewery in deal dispute, Mercedes releases new car for Rangoon traffic, and a Thai telecoms firm ventures into the Burmese market.
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In business this week: Central Bank moves to prevent commodity price hike; health insurance to go on sale; Burma’s AIIB coffers confirmed.
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Dutch scientists have developed a revolutionary system that could help isolated villages in countries such as Burma generate electricity from paddy fields.
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In business this week: historic Wold Bank funding package; foreign investment double that of last year; Thilawa SEZ to open imminently.
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Burma and Russia in dialogue over the necessary conditions for the introduction of nuclear technologies to the country, according to Rosatom official.
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Solar Impulse 2 took off from Mandalay early on Monday and headed for China’s Chongqing, the fifth flight of a landmark journey to circumnavigate the globe powered solely by the sun.
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As Solar Impulse 2 stops over in Mandalay, DVB want to know if our readers feel the pilots’ message of a “clean” future is relevant to Burma.
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After leaving India’s holy city of Varanasi, pilot Bertrand Piccard is due to land in Mandalay on Thursday evening.
A futuristic plane will make its way to Manadalay, as two pilots attempt the first ever around the world flight by a solar powered aircraft.
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DVB speaks with Ye Min Aung on the potential benefits of the Myeik coal-fired power plant.
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Multinational consortium going ahead with plans to build coal-fired power plant that some locals say will damage their health and Tenasserim’s pristine coastal environment.
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Germany’s KfW and GIZ pledge €27 million for development; Govt gives green light for wine imports; Nestlé to open factory in Burma; Burmese investment forum held in New York; CAOG Sarl to begin energy production
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Deputy Minister of Electric Power Maung Thar Thwe fielded questions about the controversial Tasang hydropower project during a lower house parliamentary session on Tuesday, assuring the house that the project will be implemented with a focus on domestic needs.
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The government of Mon State has requested that energy giants Toyo-Thai produce a long overdue feasibility study for a new coal burning power plant.
The United States has reached an agreement with the Burmese government to develop two solar energy plants, the office of the US Trade Representative announced on Thursday.
The towns of Taungup and Sandoway were previously scheduled to light up in May under the government scheme but work-related delays pushed the project back a month.
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Four people have been arrested in Mandalay and two in Rangoon for protesting against a government-backed energy price hike, which will come into effect on 1 April.
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Burma’s Ministry of Energy announced the winners of 20 offshore oil concessions on Wednesday, the results of the country’s first open exploration and production tendering process for offshore resources.
The President’s office has introduced a revised energy-pricing scheme to parliament that raises the cost of energy for consumers, but not as drastically as previously proposed.
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Business in Burma this week: Japanese firm plans shopping mall for Rangoon; Inflation rate doubles; Eighth domestic airline takes to the skies; Chevrolet and Toyota to open showrooms in Rangoon.
Burma’s Minister of Electric Power Khin Maung Soe apologised to the public for the recent increase in electricity prices and promised that the decision would be reviewed in parliament.
Thailand’s leading calcium-carbonate producer SurintOmya Chemicals rules out the possibility of investing in Burma in the short term, citing unreliable electricity supply.
A number of lucrative energy contracts are likely to be handed to Western firms in April, when the Burmese government is set to open a long-awaited bidding round for some two dozen off-shore oil and gas tenders
