No. 1688, Gaoke East Road, Pudong new district, Shanghai, China.
No. 1688, Gaoke East Road, Pudong new district, Shanghai, China.
A construction boom in Myanmar is fueling a demand for raw materials like limestone and sand. Extracting these resources threatens ecosystems and communities along the Salween River.
Myanmar Road ADB Kar oup In November 2017, Saw Hla Ngwe and his neighbors were driving up a mountain road outside the community of Lun Nya in Karen State, Myanmar, to inspect a …
In the Pearl River and southern Yangtze catchments, dominantly sedimentary and basaltic rocks of the Yangtze block shed quartzo-lithic sedimentaclastic sand, whereas mostly granitic and sedimentary...
Limestone quarrying is the primary threat to karst biodiversity in Southeast Asia, where quarrying rates exceed those in other tropical regions.
The environmental impact of quarrying limestone on limestone-restricted biodiversity has rarely been adequately assessed, not only in Myanmar, but across the world. Quarrying and destroying these unique isolated habitats …
The limestone mine on Thandawmyat Mountain in Myanmar's Mandalay Region, spanning 219.25 acres, is seeking a 120-acre extension to meet growing demand for …
Guidelines for best practice approaches to limestone quarrying were developed and disseminated through a national workshop with mining and environment departments and all Myanmar …
YANGON — The Asian Development Bank says it will force a Chinese contractor building a highway in Kayin State to stop sourcing limestone from a quarry until environmental and social safeguards are met.
