OPMC looking to explore for nickel in Zambales, Dinagat
Oriental Petroleum and Minerals Corporation (OPMC) is looking to explore over 14,000 hectares of land in Zambales and Dinagat Islands...
Mining, fossil fuels banned from green financing schemes
In an attempt to alleviate the damage caused by extractive mining and fossil fuel production to the environment, the government...
DENR orders Davao Oriental mining firm to stop operations
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) ordered a mining company in Davao Oriental to stop its operations following...
De Lima calls for probe into lifting of mining ban
Sen. Leila De Lima has called for a probe into the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' (DENR) recent decision to...
Foreign chambers OK with lifting of mining ban
The Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) of the Philippines expressed delight over the government's decision to lift the ban on open-pit mining,...
Miners looking for policy direction from presidential bets
The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (CoMP) may be delighted with the Duterte administration's lifting of the ban on...
Ban on open pit mines lifted
The government has lifted a four-year ban on new open-pit mines, according to the chief of the Department of Environment and...
Philex pushing with Silangan project in 2022
Manny V. Pangilinan-led Philex Mining Corporation announced its plans for a $224-million Silangan copper and gold project in Surigao del...
DENR OKs amendment to Philex tailings dam ECC
Manny V. Pangilinan-led Philex Mining Corporation said that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Environment Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) has...
DMCI to decommission Berong mine
DMCI Holdings, Inc. said on Wednesday that it will be decommissioning its Berong nickel mine site in Quezon, Palawan after...
