PNIA in the News

Committed to environmental protection and realizing the economic potential of bamboo, employees of Marcventures Mining and Development Corporation (MMDC), the subsidiary of publicly-listed, Marcventures Holdings Inc., celebrated World Bamboo Day by planting acclimatized bamboo seedlings high up the mountains surrounding the Wawa Dam in Rodriguez, Rizal. The environmental initiative is in partnership with Mga Anak […]

MANILA — China’s growing appetite for electric vehicles is helping drive demand for nickel ore in the Philippines’ largest export market for the mineral, the head of an industry group said Tuesday. An ongoing trade war between Beijing and Washington, however, is a “concern” because it has the potential to slow demand, said Dante Bravo, […]

Global Ferronickel Holdings President Dante Bravo said he quit a lucrative accounting job and traded balance sheets for nickel ore because he couldn’t say no to his father-in-law.

Practical learning. Nanay Doding Angop-Mandam of the Barangay Lawigan Farmers and Fisherfolks Association in host Tubay Municipality ensures that proper care and composting is being applied to the cacao plants – all in the hopes of a fruitful harvest.   AMVI and the Department of Agricultural enable host community to imbibe on Cacao farming Cabadbaran […]

PGMC participated in a bloodletting activity spearheaded by the MUNICIPALITY OF CLAVER together with the Rural Health Unit, DOH and CARAGA Regional Hospital. Volunteers from all walks of life including employees from PGMC and its contractors trooped to the Taganito Gym to donate blood. Volunteers who donated blood are given membership card, snacks, and t-shirts […]

Notable personalities who attended the media preview include Rhea Matute (Executive Director, Design Center of the Philippines), Filipino artists Tes Pasola and Tony Gonzales, German design consultant Detlef Klatt, Christopher De Venecia (Pangasinan 4th District Representative), and Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA) representatives Isidro Alcantara Jr. (Chairman), Clarence Pimentel (Chairman Emeritus), and Charmaine Olia Capili (Executive Director).

“Bamboo may very well be one of the ways we can heed the government’s challenge to ‘transform’ the industry for the better. We’re optimistic about it since studies have shown that it can reduce carbon emissions, prevent erosion, and even restore denuded lands,” said Philippine Nickel Industry Association President Dante R. Bravo in a press statement. Considering the plant’s sustainable nature, the bamboo industry would also create more opportunities for local communities to thrive economically.

The Design Center of the Philippines, in partnership with the Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA), explores additional applications of bamboo to showcase its versatility through the organization’s Bamboo Extreme program. Executive director of the Design Center of the Philippines, Ria Matute said that the current display focuses on bamboo and the “new concept of mobility.”

Atty. Dante R. Bravo, a CPA-Lawyer, is an accidental miner, who finds the mining industry more fulfilling and meaningful in its contribution to society, workers and most of all, its role in environmental protection. As head of the Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA), the voice of the nickel industry, Bravo is leading an industry with […]