泰国铜业公司（TCI）生产能力为16．5万t／a的铜熔炼与精炼项目比原计划推迟了9个月，预计到1999年4月份才能投产。厂房建设及设备测试可望在明年年初完成，预计现已完成工程的70％，75％以上的设备将就位或即将发货。该项目最初的投资额估计为6．36亿美元，其中5．56亿美元用 TCI’s copper smelting and refining project with a production capacity of 165,000 t/a was postponed by 9 months than originally planned and it is expected that it will not be put into operation until April 1999. Plant construction and equipment testing are expected to be completed early next year. It is expected that 70% of the project will have been completed and more than 75% of the equipment will be in place or will be shipped soon. The initial investment of the project is estimated at 636 million U.S. dollars, of which 556 million U.S. dollars