Tongkah Harbour Public Company Limited

Tongkah Harbour Public Company Limited is a mining company and property developer in Thailand. The company was listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET:THL) in 1993.[1]

The company was founded in 1906 by Edward T. Miles as the "Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Company N.L." It began offshore tin mining in Phuket Bay in 1907.[2]

In 1991 the company's subsidiary, Tungkum Limited (TKL), was founded and granted a concession in the Wang Saphung District of Loei Province for the exploration and mining of gold and related minerals.[2] Tungkum has been the target of demonstrations by residents living in the vicinity of the gold mine. They accuse the company of environmental destruction.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Investor Relations". Tongkah Harbour Public Company Limited. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "History". Tongkah Harbour Public Company Limited. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Gold Mine Protesters Hurt by Armed Mob and Shady Deals". The Isaan Record. 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2 October 2015.

External links

Tongkah Harbour PCL


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