Typhoon Son-Tinh Threatens Mines in Laos, Vietnam, an Industrial Info Market Brief

Numerous cement plants and mine sites in Vietnam's flood-prone northern provinces are bracing for Typhoon Son-Tinh, which is expected make landfall early Thursday, after passing over south China's island province of Hainan. The ninth tropical storm of this year in the Pacific region is expected to bring heavy rain, and potential flooding and landslides pose a threat to vulnerable limestone quarries and mines in Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces, including the Vietnam capital of Hanoi and the Laos capital of Vientiane. Industrial Info's Disaster Impact Tracker (DIT) identifies plants that have the potential to experience operation disruption as the result of a weather event. Industrial Info's research teams communicate with, and closely monitor, each plant that has the potential to be impacted by tropical storms, floods, fires and similar natural disasters.