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The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines has named 13 newly accredited verification service providers who will critically review the performance ratings of its members following the measurement tools prescribed by the Towards Sustainable Mining program.
[the Philippines will have 12 new metal mines operating mostly nickel mines this year.] the Philippines' local industry regulator said last week that about 12 new metal mines will be put into commercial operation this year, most of them nickel projects. In addition, the Philippine Mining and Geology Bureau said in a report that Philippine nickel production totaled 386359 tons last year, an increase of 17% over the previous year and the highest level in six years.
The move sees the Philippine government reverse a ban imposed in 2017, when the then-environment minister blamed the sector for widespread ecological damage.
Environmental and antimining groups are up in arms against applications for seabed quarrying and offshore mining applications currently flooding government regulatory bodies. Seabed quarrying is being eyed for land-reclamation or dump-and-fill projects in the pipeline. The lifting of the “mining moratorium,” following the signing of Executive Order (EO) 130 by…
Published December 14, 2020, 1:04 PM Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippine government is still determined to award the country’s best mining companies. A Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) memorandum showed that the agency, tasked to regulate and develop the country’s mining sector, has already started the nomination process for the Presidential Mineral Industry Environmental Awards (PMIEA), Best Mining Forest Contest, and Safety Mines Awards. “Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the various Selection Committees and MGB opted to continue to give recognition to the private sector’s ...