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3 mining firms receive best practice ratings

Three members of the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) achieved global best practice ratings under the Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) standard, the...

DENR set to revise miners’ social dev’t plans

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is set to revise guidelines for the Social Development and Management Programs (SDMP) of mining firms...

DENR ordered to require mining firms to update safety programs

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday directed the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to require small- and large-scale mining firms to...

Suspended mining firms’ compliance up for review

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is now in the process of reviewing the compliance of suspended mining firms on corrective measures set...

‘Replant trees in denuded mining areas’

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Monday gave the mining firms six months to plant new trees on the land they have denuded or he will...

Mining firms told: Comply with EITI

All mining contractors must now comply with the disclosure requirements of the Philippine Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau said.  Environment Secretary...

Mines firm hits out at ABS-CBN

ASSISTANT Finance Secretary Paola Alvarez said Thursday the inter-agency Mining Industry Coordinating Council was seeking a P50-million budget so it could hire independent experts...

Gina draws flak over mines fund

A CONSUMER group on Sunday challenged Environment Secretary Gina Lopez to make public the guidelines for the multi-million-peso trust fund she is requiring the...

Gina’s order makes mines govt milking cow

ENVIRONMENT Secretary Regina Lopez was accused of milking the suspended mining firms by requiring them to put up multi-million-peso trust funds amounting to P2...

Cause for comment

Marcventures Mining and Development Corp. says it welcomes President Rodrigo Duterte’s invitation to mining firms, particularly Marcventures, to present to him the facts that...

Encroaching on DoE’s jurisdiction

The aftermath of the whimsical and arbitrary decision by Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Regina “Gina” Lopez to close down 75 mining...

Dump Lopez

Thirty-one years ago, the People Power revolution happened. The Reform the Armed Forces Movement broke away from the Marcos government. They stayed first at...

Gina told: Look into own backyard

SURIGAO Rep. Ace Barbers on Tuesday urged Environment Secretary Gina Lopez to go after the environment officials who approved the contracts of 75 mining...

Caraga rescue teams deploy

Mining firms in the Caraga Region have sent emergency response teams (ERTs) to Surigao City, the area hardest hit by the magnitude 6.7 that...
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