China-ASEAN fund invests $50m in Laos potash plant
Updated: 2011-10-21 22:35
(Xinhua)
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NANNING - The China-ASEAN Fund on Investment Cooperation has invested $50 million to aid in the development of a potash salt ore mine in Laos, the fund operator said Friday.
The fund has bought a stake in Asian Potash Corp Ltd, the Chinese investor in the Laos potash salt ore mine in Khammouane Province in Laos, the operator said in a press release.
The project, which is expected to be Asia's biggest potash fertilizer producer with an annual production capacity of 3 million tonnes, has a total investment of 8 billion yuan ($1.25 billion).
Its first-phase facility is expected to be operational early next year with an annual production capacity of 500,000 tonnes.
In 2009, China set up the $10 billion China-ASEAN Fund on Investment Cooperation to support infrastructure development in the China-ASEAN region and to enhance trade and economic ties.
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