[Clarification of the article, Vietnman bans sand exports, IM 7 October 2009]
The government of Vietnam has banned exports of certain types of silica sand, namely construction sand, contrary to widely circulated reports of a ban on all types of silica sand earlier in the week, industry sources in Vietnam report.
According to reports in the local Vietnamese press, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister, Hoang Trung Hai, signed an act “to transmit the opinion of Prime Minister Nguyen...