DOF backs DENR move to lift ban on open-pit mining
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III MANILA - The Department of Finance (DOF) has expressed its support behind the recent decision of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to lift the ban on open-pit mining as it voiced full confidence in the government's capability to strictly regulate mining operations to address and minimize the impact posed by these extractive activities on the environment. In backing the DENR's decision, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said Republic Act (RA) No. 7942 or the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 does not prohibit open-pit mini...