A year into the open-pit ban, group blasts Duterte on uncertainties about the moratorium
An environmental group on Tuesday criticized President Duterte on the lack of action complementing the open-pit mine suspension lifted by...
NPA raids nickel miner in Davao Oriental
Rebels belonging to Comval-Davao Gulf Subregional Command-New People’s Army (NPA) gutted down RAM Aggregates, Inc., a nickel mining company in...
Philex spends P14-M to boost Benguet town infrastructure
Philex Mining Corp. continues to support the community of Itogon with its well-accomplished social program agenda, in which the company...
DOF: experts hired would form five MICC review teams
Interagency Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC) has kickstarted its technical review process by hiring 25 experts that would make up...
30 miners sign Baguio Declaration on responsible mining
Almost a year after accepting the chief post at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Roy Cimatu is...
COMP greenlights adoption of Canada’s responsible mining standards
The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) agreed on Tuesday to follow the mining practices called “Towards Sustainable Mining”...
South Cotabato mining, quarry taxes record all-time high at P17m, up by 12.6%
South Cotabato collected nearly P17 million from January to October for mining, sand, and gravel taxes that was exceeded by...
Mining, oil sectors advance in PSEi following Fitch boost
The latest Fitch ratings have raised the Philippine stock index congruent with Duterte’s economic plans, contributing gains from the mining...
Duterte threatens to ‘shut down’ miners funding NPA
The Duterte administration is committed to go after private businesses, including large-scale mining companies, that are paying revolutionary taxes to...
Marcventures announce environmental-friendly tech in mine rehab, reforestation
Large-scale miner Marcventures Mining and Development Corp. (MMDC) has issued a statement on mine rehabilitation of its mined out operations,...
