![](https://www.philippinenickel.org/mining/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DENR_Thumb.jpeg)
IRR on EO lifting ban on new mining projects signed
The implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Executive Order (EO) 130 – which lifted the moratorium on new mining projects and the nationwide ban on open-pit mining method – has already been signed by Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu.