Sepon is well connected by rail, bus and air transportation. The National Highway runs through central Sepon. Bus services are available from different places of Assam to Sepon. With the growth in transportation facilities, Sepon is now a hub of commercial activity.
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Sepon has become an increasingly important commercial area as the transportation and communication systems have developed. There is also a daily market. The main banking institution of Sepon is the Assam Gramin Vikash Bank Sepon Branch. There is one branch of Punjab National Bank located in Sepon Chakalia.
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There is a tea estate named Sepon Tea Estate. One part of the Sepon Tea Estate falls under Sivasagar and another part falls under Dibrugarh District.
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Sepon is well connected with Indian railway service, through a small railway station. The nearest airport is the Mohanbari Airport of Dibrugarh which is around 60 kilometer away from Sepon.
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Sepon is a semi-urban place in upper Assam, India, with an estimated population between 1000 and 2000. The term Sepon is derived from the sepakhowa ran, a war fought during the Ahom tenure. One of the significant geographical features of Sepon is that it is located between two districts of Assam, Sivasagar and Dibrugarh. National Highway 37 divides Sepon into two parts; one part within the jurisdiction of the Dibrugarh district and another part within the jurisdiction of the Sivasagar district.
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The Sepon River at Lao Bảo, Vietnam The Sepon River (, Lao: Se Pon) is a small river at Lao Bảo border area of Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam and Savannakhet Province of Laos. It forms a border between Vietnam and Laos. One side of the river belongs to Vietnam and other belongs to Laos. The Sepon River is one metre deep and approximately 100 m wide.
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Sepon is a part of the Jorhat Loksabha Constituency and a part of the Mahmora Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency.
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The water is fresh and clean in summer because it is not near any industry. Surrounding the Sepon River is jungle. The Sepon River belongs to Hướng Hóa District of Vietnam and Savannakhet Province of Laos. Therefore, it is a main artery for the two provinces near there (Lao Bảo and the city of Savannakhet).
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U.S. Army map from 1962 showing the location of Xépôn (Tchepone) and the nearby airfield on Route 9 near the confluence of the Sepon and Banghiang rivers in Laos. Xépôn (also known as Tchepone and Sepon), is a village in the Seponh District of Savannakhet Province, Laos. It was approximately east of the intersection of the Sepon River and the Banghiang River. It was the target of Operation Lam Son 719 in 1971, an attempt by the armed forces of South Vietnam and the United States to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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Industrial gold mining began in late December 2002.Manini, Tony and Albert, Peter. Exploration and Development of the Sepon Gold and Copper Deposits, Laos. Oxiana Limited. 2006. Accessed 2013-01-10.
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Xépôn was on the north bank of the Sepon River at an elevation of .Collins, p. 373. The countryside is mountainous, broken, and covered in subtropical forest. Average rainfall each year is .
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In the rainy season (July to September), rainfall could be a month.Collins, p. 375. The Sepon River runs in a trough between two natural, high ridges. The trough itself is only wide.
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Mining exports contributed 45% of the total exports of the country. In particular, the Sepon mine and the Phu Kham mine have contributed to 90% of the total mining production in the country.
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Polymetallic replacement deposits are significant sources of copper,Loader, S. E. "Supergene Enrichment of the Khanong Copper Resource, Sepon Project, Lao PDR." Pacrim'99 Congress: 10–13 October 1999, Bali, Indonesia. Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1999. gold, silver, lead, manganese, and zinc.
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Communities impacted by the Sepon mine include Makong, Tri (Try), Kri and Lao Loum, the dominant ethnic Lao. Although many of the communities have not been asked to relocate, water pollution and deforestation forced many to leave their villages. Some resettled at the mine resettlement site.
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General store in Angelniemi, 1930. A village store (Sepon kauppa; or "Sepo's shop") in Yttilä, August 2011. This particular store was closed in 2013. General stores (sekatavarakauppa) first appeared in Finland in 1859 when fixed shop retailers were allowed to set up shop in rural towns for the first time.
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Bauxite and Alumina are extracted from the Bolaven Plateau jointly with firms from Australia and China. Copper, gold, and silver are being extracted by the MMG Ltd in the Sepon mine and PanAust Ltd in the Phu Kham mine. Zinc, potash and cement production have also been recorded during 2012.
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The movie is set mostly in a tea estate of Sepon, Assam. An Ideal teacher "Sagar", who leads a group of youth to fight against corrupted officials through education is the main plot of the film. Film also features a Jhumair song, the main attraction of Karam (festival) in which the climax tooks place.
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Sepon Mine, about southeast of Vientiane, is the largest mine in Laos, with reserves of copper and gold. In the 1980s, Laotians panned for gold here using pieces of shrapnel and aircraft wreckage. Early exploration occurred in 1990 by Australian mining company CRA, which was subsequently awarded a contract. It is now operated, and 90% owned by MMG Limited.
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Route 9 ran from the major city of Savannakhet on the Thai-Laotian border in the west across the entire country to the border with Vietnam in the east. It met National Route 9, a major Vietnamese highway, at the border.Collins, p. 372. Just a few meters upriver from where the Sepon and Banghiang rivers met, Route 9 crossed the Banghiang.
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The Savannakeht Provincial Museum has exhibits of war relics, artillery and inactive UXOs. Museum exhibits include three small bowls (diameter ) and two large (diameter of or more), seriously damaged but decorated, discovered in the district of Sepon (2001) and along the banks of the Mekong (2008). Their handles imitate basketry. The Dong Son culture is represented by several bronze drums.
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Sepon became the country's first significant foreign mining interest when it opened in 2002. Other mining companies operating in the province (2008) include: Wanrong Cement III, Lane Xang Minerals LTD (Vilabuly District), Lane Xang Minerals Ltd (Vilabuly District), Lao State Gypsum Mining Co Ltd (Champhone District), and Savan Gypsum Mining Co. (Champhone District). Along with Bolikhamsai and Khammouane Provinces, it is one of the main tobacco producing areas of Laos.
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In comparison with the provincial capital of Đông Hà in standard of individual earnings, the earnings of inhabitants of Lao Bao are higher. In Lao Bảo the Sepon River (Vietnamese: Sông Xê-pôn) is the border line between Hướng Hóa and the Savan province of Laos. This river is only 1 meter in depth and its width is about 100 metres. Surrounding the river is a jungle with large, tall trees.
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It is used for buying and exchange trade and commerce in Lao Bảo and Savan of Laos. Every day, there are several motor boat to-and-fro here for supplying goods coming to Lao Bảo town. The Sepon is regarded as a trade bridge linking Vietnam and Thailand, in order to exchange trade. In addition, one can come cross into Laos from Vietnam border by motorboat, which takes about 30 minutes to the Savan Province of Laos.
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Oxiana Limited () was an Australia-based copper and gold miner and exploration company. The company's operations were located in Laos, Australia, Cyprus and the Philippines. OXR was focused on the operation and development of the Sepon copper and gold project in South East Laos, the Golden Grove copper/zinc mine in Western Australia and development of the Prominent Hill copper/gold deposit in South Australia. Oxiana was based in Melbourne, Australia, with a focus on Asia and Australia.
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Lao Bao Prison is a prison situated in Lao Bảo, Quảng Trị, 22 km from Khe Sanh, in the village of Duy Tan, commune of TanThanh, district of Hướng Hóa, to the west is the Sepon river, to the east is the high mountain. The prison was constructed in 1908 by the French colonists on an area of about 10ha, completely isolated from the populated areas. The prison was one of the 5 largest prisons in French Indochina at that time. The prison was built for local political prisoners.
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The area known as Moranhat located in the Sibsagar district is of great historical significance in Upper Assam. The place got its name from the market (hat in Assamese) set up by the people of Moran tribe in ancient times. The geographical condition of the region was very different from today in those times. At that time, the Dihing river flowed south of present-day Moranhat and Sepon region as the Disoi, had the rivers Disang and Dikhou as its tributaries, ultimately joining the Brahmaputra in Mahuramukh(Bokakhat) and Lakhou(Kaliabor).
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As of 2009 the reserves of gold, copper and zinc were assessed at about 500 to 600 tons, 8 to 10 million tons, and 2 to 3 million tons respectively. In 2009 there were about 35 working mines including the Sepon and Phubia mines. The impact of FDI is on export promotion as the domestic consumption of minerals within Laos is limited. According to the International Council on Mining and Metals, as of 2011, the mining sector has accounted for 12% of government revenues and 10% of national income with 80% of foreign direct investment.
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It was only after 2003 that the importance of mining was recognized in Laos when the first mining project, the Sepon Mine was established. There were 127 domestic and foreign companies in 2008 working 213 projects covering prospecting, exploration and feasibility studies period. Geological survey maps related to the mining sector are of 1964 prepared by France and updated during the 1990s and these cover only 54.86% of the country (236,800 km2). The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has been delegated the powers to create a geologic database for effective management of mining projects including its exploration.
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At that time, the Dihing river flowed south of present-day Moranhat and Sepon region as the Disoi, had the rivers Disang and Dikhou as its tributaries, ultimately joining the Brahmaputra in Mahuramukh(Bokakhat) and Lakhou(Kaliabor). At a later period (probably late 16th century), this stream of the Dihing dried out and the Dihing took another course to the north. This led to the overflow of water in the Brahmaputra to the north and the previously dried out course of Dihing was taken up by the Brahmaputra which lead to the formation of Majuli island.Research paper on formation of Majuli The people of the Moran tribe lived to the south of the Dihing(Diroi) while the Chutia people lived north of the Dihing.
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The Golden Grove Mine is a copper, lead, silver, zinc and gold mine located 52 km south-southeast of Yalgoo, Western Australia. It is operated by EMR Capital, a specialist resources private equity manager, who purchased the mine from MMG in February 2017. Minerals and Metals Group was formed after its parent company China Minmetals bought the mine from OZ Minerals in June 2009.Completion of Transaction with Minmetals OZ Minerals ASX announcement, published: 17 June 2009, accessed: 11 January 2010 Golden Grove was part of a deal in which the Sepon, Century, Rosebery and Avebury Mines, the Dugald River, High Lake and Izok Lake Projects, as well as some exploration assets were sold for US$1.354 billion by OZ Minerals to China Minmetals.
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