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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 occurs in over 80 mineral-rich developing countries. Up to 100 million people globally work in this sect...