TABLE 2 |
THAILAND: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
|
(Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
|
Commodity |
|
Major operating companies |
|
|
|
Annual |
|
|
|
|
and major equirty owners |
|
Location of main facilities |
|
capacity |
Barite |
|
|
Asian Mineral Resources Co. Ltd. |
|
Loei, Mae Hong Son, Nakhon Si
Thammarat, |
|
60 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
and Satun Provinces |
|
|
|
|
|
|
P & S Barite Mining Co. Ltd. |
|
Loei and Nakhon Si Thammarat Province |
|
60 |
Cement |
|
|
Asia Cement Co. Ltd. |
|
Pra Phutthabath, Saraburi Province |
|
4,800 |
Do. |
|
|
Jalaprathan Cement Co. Ltd. (Cement
Franciais |
|
Takli, Nakhorn, Sawarn Province; and |
|
2,350 |
|
S.A.,
37%; Veatprapat Holding Co. Ltd., 19%; |
|
Cha-Am, Petchburi Province
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
others, 44%) |
|
|
|
|
Do. |
|
|
Samukee Cement Ltd. |
|
Pakchong, Nakhon Ratchasima Province |
|
125 |
Do. |
|
|
Saraburi Cement Co. Ltd. (CEMEX Asia
Holdings |
|
Chalerm Phrakiat, Saraburi Province |
|
700 |
|
|
|
|
Ltd. of Mexico, 99%) |
|
|
|
|
Do. |
|
|
Siam Cement Industry Co. Ltd. (Bureau
of the |
|
Kaeng Khoi, Phabhudhabat, and
Khao |
|
23,200 |
|
Crown Property, 30%;
Thai Security Depository |
|
Wong, Saraburi
Province; Chae hom, |
|
|
|
Co. Ltd., 6.94%; CPB Equity Co. Ltd., 5.6%; |
|
Lampang Province; Thung
Song, |
|
|
|
other financial Institutions and general public, |
|
Thammarat Province; and Ta Luang, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
57.46%) |
|
Ayutthaya Province |
|
|
Do. |
|
|
Siam City Cement Co. Ltd. (Holcim Ltd.
of |
|
Kaeng Khoi, Saraburi Province |
|
14,500 |
|
of Switzerland, 33.7%; Rattanarak family, 27%; |
|
|
|
|
|
|
other investors, 39.3%) |
|
|
|
|
Do. |
|
|
TPI Polene Co. Ltd. |
|
Kaeng Khoi, Saraburi Province |
|
9,000 |
Coal,
lignite |
|
|
Electricity Generating Authority of
Thailand |
|
Mae Moh, Lampang Province; Li, and |
|
20,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lamphun Province |
|
|
Do. |
|
|
Lanna Resources Public Co. Ltd. |
|
Baan Pa Kha, Lampang Province; and
Nong |
|
1,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ya Plong, Petchburi Province |
|
|
Fluorspar,
concentrate |
|
|
Asian Mineral Resources Co. Ltd. |
|
Mae Hong Son Province |
|
14 |
Gas,
natural |
million cubic meters per day |
|
Esso Exploration and Production Khorat
Inc. |
|
Namphong, Khon Kaen Province |
|
4 |
Do. |
do. |
TOTAL Exploration and Production
(Thailand) |
|
Bongkot in the Gulf of Thailand |
|
15 |
Do. |
do. |
Unocal Thailand Ltd. |
|
Baanpot, Erawan, Funan,
Kaphong, Pladang, |
|
33 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Satun, Paili, Trat, all in the Gulf of Thailand |
|
|
Gold |
kilograms |
|
Akara Mining Ltd. (Kingsgate
Consolidated N.L. |
|
Chatree, Pichit Province |
|
5,000 |
|
|
|
|
of Australia, 100% ) |
|
|
|
|
Gypsum |
|
|
Thai Gysum Products Pcl. (Thaigips
Holdings Ltd., |
|
Nong Bau, Nakhon Sawan Province and
Ban |
|
2,000 |
|
40.75%; BPB Gypsum B.V., 30%; others, |
|
Munnak, Phichit Province |
|
|
|
|
|
|
29.25%) |
|
|
|
|
Do. |
|
|
Vanich Gypsum Co. Ltd. |
|
Khlong Prab, Mai Riang. Thoong Yai Mai
in |
|
2,000 |
|
Provinces of Nakhon Si Thammarat and |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Surat Thani |
|
|
Lead,
in concentrate |
|
|
Kanchanaburi Exploration and Mining
Co. Ltd. |
|
Song Toh, Nong Phai, and Bo Ngam in |
|
30 |
|
Kanchanaburi Province |
|
Petroleum,
crude included condensate |
thousand |
|
Chevron Offshore (Thailand) Ltd. |
|
Benjamas, Tantawan, offshore in the Gulf of |
|
35 |
|
42-gallon barrels per day |
|
Thailand |
|
Do. |
do. |
Tahi Shell Exploration and Production Co. Ltd. |
|
Sirikit in Kamphaenghet Province |
|
24 |
Do. |
do. |
TOTAL Exploration and Production
(Thailand) |
|
Bongkot, offshore in the Gulf of
Thailand |
|
12 |
Do. |
do. |
Unocal Thailand Ltd. |
|
Baanpot, Erawan, Funan, Gomin,
Jakrawan, |
|
38 |
|
Kaphong, Pailin, Platon, Satun, Surat, Trat |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plamuk, offshore in the Gulf of Thailand |
|
|
Steel,
rolled |
|
|
The Bangkok Iron and Steel Works Co.
Ltd. |
|
Phrapradaeng, Samutprakarn Province |
|
120 |
Do. |
|
|
Bangkok Steel Industry Public Co. Ltd. |
|
do. |
|
300 |
Do. |
|
|
Millenium Steel Co. Lt. (Siam Cement
Public Co. |
|
Provinces of Chon Buri, Muang Rayong, |
|
1,700 |
|
|
Ltd., 45%; NTS creditors, 44.65%; McDonald |
|
and Saraburi |
|
|
|
Investment, 6.58%; NTS shareholders, 3.77%) |
|
Do. |
|
|
Namheng Steel Co. Ltd. |
|
Lopburi Province |
|
350 |
Do. |
|
|
Sahaviriya Group Corp. Ltd. |
|
Bang Saphan, Prachuap
Khiri Khan Province |
|
2,400 |
Do. |
|
|
Siam United Steel Co. Ltd. |
|
Rayong Province |
|
1,000 |
Do. |
|
|
Siam Yamato Steel Co. Ltd. |
|
Muang, Rayong Province |
|
600 |
Tantalum,
metal powder and oxides |
metric tons |
|
H.C. Starck (Thailand) Co. Ltd. (H.C.
Starck |
|
Map Ta Phut, Rayong Province |
|
250 |
|
|
|
|
GmbH, 94.98%; others, 5.02% ) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TABLE 2--Continued |
THAILAND: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2002 |
|
(Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
|
Commodity |
|
Major operating companies |
|
|
|
Annual |
|
|
|
|
and major equirty owners |
|
Location of main facilities |
|
capacity |
Tin: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Concentrate |
|
|
Numerous small companies |
|
Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phangnga, Phuket, |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
and Ranong Provinces |
|
|
Refined |
|
|
Thailand Smelting and Refining Co.
Ltd. |
|
Phuket, Phuket Province |
|
30 |
|
(Amalgamated Metal Corp., 75.25%; other, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
24.75%) |
|
|
|
|
Zinc: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In
concentrate |
|
|
Padaeng Industry Public Co. Ltd. (Umicore SA of |
|
Mae Sot, Tak Province |
|
30 |
|
Belgium,
44.77%; Ministry of Finance, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
13.81%; others, 41.42%) |
|
|
|
|
Refined |
|
|
do. |
|
Tak, Tak Province |
|
105 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|