Salt mine protests intensify
More than 500 villagers rallied on 12 June against a company’s underground salt mining project in Kham Thale So district amid concerns over the environmental impacts. The company is excavating to explore underground salt deposits in a location about 500 metres away from Bang Nong Hua Waen in tambon Phan Dung. Saltworks Co is a major producer of salt products for the chemical and food industries.
