THAILAND STORY
April 1st, 2002
BY MARK ROWEJAPANESE companies Tomen and Toyota Tsusho are to supply four million tons annually of high quality low-sulphur from the Australian company Oakbridge Ltd to fuel a controversial coal-fired power plant in Thailand. The coal has been chosen because it contains significantly less sulphur than domestic coal used in Thailand and should minimise sulphur oxide emissions.However, the plant has attracted strong opposition, with demonstrators marching through the nearby Hin Krut municipality 200 miles south-west of Bangkok to a local beach to denounce the ...
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