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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).
“Our partnership with the mining sector is to help in the propagation of bamboo and using bamboo as a material on a horizontal application – it’s really finding more industries in which bamboo can be used. The partnership with the mining communities aims to close the supply-chain gap,” Matute said of Design Center’s Manila FAME exhibit co-presenter Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA) and event partner Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) in their efforts to transform post mining communities.
“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 […]
The Philippines used to be known for its gold, silver, and copper, but a new element has taken the throne as the country’s top mineral product: nickel.
The Philippines used to be known for its gold, silver, and copper, but a new element has taken the throne as the country’s top mineral product: nickel.
Ang bamboo reforestation program ay pagpapalawig sa layunin ng mga kompanya ng nickel na mapaigting ang pagsagip sa kalikasan kasabay ng pagbibigay ng pagkakakitaan sa mga “host communities.”
Philippine Nickel Industry Association chairman and Marcventures Holdings president Isidro Alcantara Jr. presents the collective nickel industry rehabilitation accomplishment and the bamboo plantation program to Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu during the Fourth Forum on the Mining Policy Direction.