DENR Cancels 75 Mining Contracts

A total of 75 philippine mining companies are now at risk of losing their Mineral Production Sharing Agreements (MPSA) it earlier got from the government, while the environmental permit of Southeast Asia’s largest undeveloped copper-gold mining project, which...

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

75 Mining Contracts to Be Canceled

A total of 75 mining companies are now at risk of losing their Mineral Production Sharing Agreements (MPSA) it earlier got from the government.

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Mining firms run afoul of environmental laws

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has ordered the closure of 23 mining firms and the suspension of five others for violations of environmental laws and regulations. As in all such major government actions, there are pros and cons that ...

Monday, February 13, 2017

Chamber of Mines cites FOI on release of DENR audit report

The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) on Tuesday cited its right-to-know under the Freedom of Information (FOI) to compel the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to make public the audit report which was the basis for the closure of...

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Gov’t closes 21 mine firms and suspends 7 more

The mining sector was left crippled after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) decided to close down more than half of all the mine operations in the country and suspends seven more as the result of the nationwide audit it launched last y...

Friday, February 3, 2017

ENR cancels permits for 4 mine firms

:The Philippine government has cancelled the environmental permits for four more mining projects, including one planned nickel venture, as the world’s top nickel ore supplier deepens a months-long crackdown on the resources sector.

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Revitalizing mining and steel sectors seen lifting GDP growth to over 7%

The Philippines will lift economic growth rate beyond seven percent by unleashing the huge potential of mining and revitalizing the steel industry, according to a Filipino expert.

Monday, December 26, 2016

Indonesia may lift mineral export ban

The government is drafting a regulation offering further relief in the export of raw and partly processed mineral products — a policy that, if passed, would again contravene the 2009 Mining Law that requires a total ban on such exports.

Tuesday, December 20, 2016
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