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RELIEF GOODS UNLOADING-Filminera and PhilGold crew members unload relief goods for thousands of residents in Baracay, Albay. In a statement, Filminera Resources Corp. (Filminera) and PhilGold Processing and Refining Corp. (PhilGold) said the assistance was given to close to 2,000 residents (or around 400 families) in San Pablo Baracay, Albay, who were hit by Typhoons Rolly and Ulysses. Hardest hit were 47 homes, which were completely damaged. More than one fourth of these families belong to the indigenous people in the island. Just before the close of the year 2020, Filminira and PhilGold di...

Published December 22, 2020, 6:30 AM The government today launched the Leyte Ecological Industrial Zone (LEIZ) Master Development Plan Project, which is hoped to develop and complete the Philippines copper industry supply chain in Leyte by 2030 and establish the country’s role in modern industries. The launch of LEIZ Master Plan project was led by the Department of Trade and Industry, Board of Investments, political leaders of Eastern Leyte, National Development Co., and the Palafox & Associates, which is undertaking the masterplan. LEIZ is a proposed development of an estimated 1,000-hecta...

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 ...

December 11, 2020 | 7:37 pm Font Size AAA METALLIC mineral production in the first nine months fell 4.75% year-on-year to P94.99 billion due to disruptions caused by the pandemic and the resulting lockdown, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) said. In a report Friday, the MGB said nickel ore and its by-products such as mixed nickel-cobalt sulfide and scandium accounted for 50.8% of the value of production or P48.22 billion, followed by gold at 36.7% or P34.85 billion, copper at 11.5% or P10.95 billion, and silver, chromite, and iron at a combined 1.02% or P966.05 million. The MGB ...