EXPLORATION 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. Condemns Provincial assault on rights and benefits of communities, IPs TVI Resource Development (Phils.) Inc. (“T
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 MoreA STRATEGY is being readied to help big firms as well as small- and medium-scale enterprises (SME) thrive amid challenging market conditions, the go
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
Read MorePALO, Leyte, Philippines - Four members of President Aquino’s cabinet have been tasked to craft Philippines’ mining policy, which is aimed at prese
Read MoreThe Philippines’ potential mining wealth is estimated to reach $840 billion (P47 trillion), or 10 times the country’s annual gross domestic product,
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Investment incentives are still necessary for the local mining sector to flourish, according to Chamber of Mines of the Philip
Read MoreTHE Chamber of Mines of the Philippines, headed by its president Benjamin Philip G. Romualdez, has expressed deep sorrow for the senseless killing o
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. A big splash has come from the Enrile-Belmonte bill that seeks to steer out of complicated debates on mode and sti
Read MoreA mining firm has suspended for 30 days its exploration activities atop Mount Pajo in Aroroy town in Masbate amid fears of villagers that it could p
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The 37th Philippine Business Conference (PBC), the country's biggest annual business meeting in the country, is urging the gov
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. The New People’s Army’s well-executed raids last Monday on three mining firms in Claver, Surigao del Norte razing
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. AS we enter into the last quarter of 2011, it becomes more obvious every day that the confidence of January has tu
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Mining investments this year may hit only $1 billion, $2 billion lower than the government’s original forecast of $3 billion,
Read MoreIndustry dogged by red tape, stiff opposition The government is not likely to hit its recently upgraded $2.8-billion mining investment target for t
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