Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has instructed the Ministry of Industry to ramp up the mining of potash in Thailand’s north-eastern provinces or call for bids for new mining concessions if the current concessionaires are unable to increase supply.

 

Government spokesman Chai Wacharonke said the prime minister told his cabinet on Tuesday that Thailand has a huge reserve of potash underground in the northeast, the fourth largest after Canada, Belarus and Germany, but the ore, which is key resource for the production of chemical fertilizer, has not yet been extracted, even though mining concessions were granted to three companies years ago.

 

One of the concessionaires, granted the mining right eight years ago, is still unable to begin mining, while the two others are experiencing funding problems, said Chai.

 

Caption: Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-11-08

 

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What is the environmemtal impact of these mines for the people of NE Thailand? Last thing we want here are more foreign polluting industries.

About time.

 

Is this another on his long list of achievements?

9 hours ago, SoilSpoil said:

What is the environmemtal impact of these mines for the people of NE Thailand? Last thing we want here are more foreign polluting industries.

 

Not great, in case there was any doubt.

 

Google: potash mining nakhon ratchasima

 

 

Jul 20, 2566 BE — More than 10,000 rai of agricultural land located near a potash mine in Nakhon Ratchasima has been contaminated with sodium chloride and potassium chloride

 

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: About 150 farmers rallied at the Thao Suranari monument in Muang district on Monday demanding the closure of a potash mine they allege

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has instructed the Ministry of Industry to ramp up the mining of potash in Thailand’s north-eastern provinces or call for bids for new mining concessions if the current concessionaires are unable to increase supply.

Hardly the environmental approach.

Maybe try to collect organic wast food and so and make fertilizer of that, 2 hits in a row.