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Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is backing Malacañang's directive for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to look into legalizing the predominantly unlicensed activities of small-scale miners. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left) and

A lawmaker on Thursday said legalizing the operations of small-scale miners would help promote their safety, provide financial incentives, generate higher revenue for the sector and protect the environment. Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte made the statement in support of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s recent order for the…

A lawmaker-ally of President Marcos in the House of Representatives has expressed his full support behind the government’s plan to legalize the operations of the predominantly unlicensed activities of danger-prone small-scale miners.

Mining laws will be the first to be reviewed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources as the Marcos administration puts high priority on revitalizing the sector.

Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Luis “LRay” Villafuerte has thrown his support behind the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' (DENR) plan to legalize more Minahang Bayan (MB) areas. Photo from Mines and Geosciences Bureau The MBs are zones wherein small-scale mining (SSM) operatio

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources plans to declare more Minahang Bayan areas to better monitor small-scale mining operations as part of the government’s thrust to better protect the environment and ramp up the mining sector.

A House leader has asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to look into "current mining technologies" that miners could use to avoid compromising the environment as well as the populace amid their activities. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Face

BAGUIO CITY, July 29 - Small-scale mining groups from across the Philippines gathered for the Third National Assembly of the National Coalition of Small-Scale

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will soon reduce the assaying and refining fees for its gold purchases to attract more small scale miners to sell to the central bank instead of going to the black market. The BSP’s assay fees and refining charges have not been updated for the last 30 years.

Ghana is among the top two gold producers in Africa. What has caught little attention, however, is the fact that more than 35% of total gold output in Ghana comes from artisanal and small-scale miners. Artisanal and small-scale mining is estimated to support the livelihoods of some 4.5 million Ghanaians, about 12% of the population. They account for more than 60% of the country’s mining sector labour force. Artisanal and small-scale mining is a low-tech, indigenous and often informal. It occu...