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An executive briefing on infrastructure for July 11, 2011,
prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the
real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial
intelligence and business opportunities.
INDONESIAN COAL MINERS TO INVEST US$75MLN TO IMPROVE
QUALITY
JAKARTA - Indonesian coal miners plan to build a facility to
improve the quality of their coal as the government has banned
the export of poor quality coal, the Indonesian Coal Mining
Association (APBI), said.
The government want to improve the quality of low ranked
coal to boost export revenues, said Supriatna Suhala, the
director executive of the association.
INDONESIA TO RAISE WHEAT FLOUR CAPACITY WITH 3 NEW
FACTORIES
JAKARTA - Indonesia will have three new wheat flour
factories increasing the country's annual production capacity
by 330,000 tons to 8.23 million tons by the end of this year.
PT Bumi Alam Segar and PT Horison Investment both in Bekasi
each with a production capacity of 90,000 tons, PT Golden Grand
Mills in Cilegon with a capacity of 150,000 tons, will come on
stream toward the end of this year.
SRI LANKA'S LOLC GROUP BUILDING 6 MW "DENDRO-POWER" PLANT
COLOMBO - United Dendro Energy, a unit of Sri Lanka's LOLC
group is building a 6 megawatt dendro power plant to be fired
by gliricidia with plans to eventually build 24MW of biomass
generating capacity, the company said.
The firm was now building a 4MW plant in the southern
Kalutara district, which can be expanded to 6MW. LOLC deputy
chairman Ishara Nanayakkara told shareholders in the group
annual report that the plant is expected to be commissioned in
2012.
SRI LANKAN TEA EXPORTER PLANNING OFF-SHORE BLENDING PLANT
COLOMBO - HVA Foods, a Sri Lanka-based branded tea exporter
is planning a blending unit in the Middle East to gain a bigger
share in the global retail market by making use of trade
liberties.
"Discussions with our Middle East partner is at an advanced
stage," HVA Foods chairman Rohan Fernando was quoted as saying
on LBR, a sister online publication.
INDIAN GSPL-LED CONSORTIUM GETS LOA FOR US$2.81BLN GAS
PIPELINE
MUMBAI - The Indian gas regulator, Petroleum and Natural Gas
Regulatory Board (PNGRB), has awarded a Letter of Authorisation
to a consortium led by Gujarat State Petronet Ltd (BSE:532702)
for developing Rs 12,500 crore...