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Outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte’s economic team has pushed for the revival of the mining industry — sidelined these past few years by the lack of a fiscal regime as well as policy continuity — to generate more jobs and develop rural areas hosting mines as a joint report from DENR, NEDA, DOF, and the Development Academy of the Philippines showed that mining and quarrying contributed significantly to the regional gross domestic product (GDP) in regions where there are mining operations.

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has lifted a four-year ban on new open-pit mines, an official said Wednesday, in a bid to revitalise the country’s coronavirus-battered economy slammed by activists as “short-sighted”. The move sees the Philippine government reverse a ban imposed in 2017, when the then-environment minister blamed the sector for widespread ecological damage. […]

As the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) celebrates its 123rd founding anniversary with the #MineResponsibility campaign, it shows that the journey has not been easy hurdling obstacles especially environmental concerns. MGB Director Atty. Wilfredo Moncano said the agency’s campaign presents a clearer and more factual image of the mining industry in the country and promotes an inclusive approach […]

THE VALUE of the Philippines’ metallic mineral production jumped by 22.34% to P121.16 billion in the first nine months of 2021, thanks to strong metal prices and higher production of select metals, according to the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB). “The strong metal price coupled with the better mine production of nickel ore during the […]

The Philippines’ production of metallic minerals were mostly down during the first nine months of the year, but value was higher at P121.16 billion due to continuing increase in prices in the world market. Data from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) showed that the country’s metallic mineral production value went up by 22.34 percent […]

The interagency Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC) has ruled with finality that no metallic mines will either be suspended or shutdown from the controversial mining audit review conducted by the late and former Environment Secretary Regina Paz Lopez.