MANILA, Philippines - President Aquino must incorporate a categorical position on open pit and small-scale mining in the soon to be completed mining
Read MoreDAVAO CITY—Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo said he agreed with the proposal of the Chamber of Mines to pay excise tax directly to the host local go
Read MoreThis is a re-posted blog article. Sitting on a gold mine. That’s how we usually describe someone with a lot of assets to their name. It’s true of
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Eclipsed by the stories on Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s efforts to leave the country, the tragedy that struck the fam
Read MoreBAGUIO City—The government is determined on implementing major policy reforms in the development of the country’s small-scale mining industry. Notin
Read MorePresident Benigno Aquino III has exempted the mining industry from the total log ban in exchange for obligating the industry to take part in the Nat
Read MoreImagine the environmental impact of giving blanket authority to mining companies to cut down thousands of trees in forests: more floods and landslid
Read MoreBAGUIO CITY ,Philippines – Mining has been one of the biggest contributors to economic growth in several countries, foreign diplomats said here. F
Read MoreFormer Foreign Secretary Delia Albert said she used to market the potentials of Philippine mining in her trips as presidential envoy on mining, neve
Read MoreNov 10 (Reuters) - The Philippines could unveil a comprehensive mining policy by the end of 2011 that addresses thorny issues hampering the industry
Read MoreA MINING FIRM facing the prospect of having to shut down an operational site has gone to court to contest a provincial government’s move to ban open
Read MoreGroups say LGU ordinances ‘defy’ national law The Philippine government must “act decisively” on its mining policy and bring an end to provincial o
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—Zamboanga del Norte has issued an ordinance banning open-pit mining in the province, threatening projects of mining firms operat
Read MoreEXPLORATION FIRMS BHP Billiton Ltd. and Otto Energy Ltd. are looking at drilling a well in the second quarter of next year for its operations in off
Read MoreThis is a re-posted press release. NEW YORK/OSLO, 20 September 2011 – At the launch of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in New York today, US Pr
Read MoreMINERS now have to either establish a reforestation area or to donate seedlings to the National Greening Program (NGP) under an order issued earlier
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. “All …minerals … and other natural resources are owned by the State….” That is part of Section 2, Article XII of
Read MoreMANILA - Mining companies in the Philippines are looking for common ground on revenue-sharing arrangement with the government, but a proposal to imp
Read MoreMOUNT DIWATA, Compostela Valley—As grime-covered men emerge from deep shafts on the “golden mountain,” Norie Palma eagerly prepares to haggle for he
Read MoreTHE CHAMBER of Mines of the Philippines is pushing for the regulation of small-scale miners by the national government. It is also looking for decis
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