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Neighboring communities gain livelihood skills from the Agata-supported institution Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines / March 2019 – The Agata-supported Mabakas Techno Demo Farm is the only organic farm school accredited by the country’s Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in the province of Agusan del Norte.  Since its establishment in 2018, Mabakas […]

Carrascal, Surigao del Sur — It only takes a spark to get a fire going, the saying goes. For the village officials of Tapi, a farming community located in the interior of Cantilan town, it also took faith from a development partner for them to muster enough confidence to finally get an ambitious project off […]

Marcventures Mining and Development Corporation (MMDC) supported the UP Mining, Metallurgical, and Materials Engineering Association, Inc. (UP 49ers) in its outreach activity. Dubbed as MMMake It Happen –the annual event is geared towards environmental preservation and economic development. In line with the project, members of the UP 49ers had a bamboo-planting activity in Tanay Rizal […]

Marcventures Mining and Development Corporation (MMDC) has completed major infrastructure projects in 2018, all aimed at improving community road safety to enable mine site accessibility. The completed projects include the widening of the 1.8 kilometer Panikian haul road on the active mine areas, and the bridges of Cabangahan, Alamio, and Banban where major river systems […]

PNIA partners with Electric Vehicles Association of the Philippines and European Chamber of Commerce to discuss the future of the nickel industry.

When a strong typhoon hit their village in Brgy. Babuyan, Carrascal town, the family of 45-year old mom Marilyn Huerte lost it all–their house, the family’s livelihood, even the vegetable patch where they mostly get their food. The family was forced to start all over again. Sacrifices had to be made and this included their […]

  Agata gathers communities to deliver annual ‘State of the Mine’ Tubay, Agusan del Norte, Philippines / January 2018 – Agata believes that communication is key to a harmonious relationship.  “The more we communicate, the better we know each other, the better our chances to move forward and manage the future together.” In the span of […]

  PGMC sponsored a 20-day training on body massage, body scrub, facial treatment and facial make-up. It was attended by a total of 30 trainees from 6 non-mining barangays. The participants will undergo assessments after the training, for them to obtain a National Certificate Level 2 (NC2) . This will help them pursue a range […]

Photos show portions of the ‘Faith Garden’ started by MMDC agriculturist Annejin Buisa at the rehabilitated portion of the Pili mined-out area. Marcventures Mining and Development Corporation (MMDC) intensified the integration of agroforestry into its environmental programs. Going beyond conventional mine rehabilitation, MMDC agriculturist Engr. Annejin Buisa maintains a “Faith Garden” in one of the […]

Agata renews support for media partner’s annual Dugong Bombo program Butuan City, Philippines / January 2019 –  Prior to bringing its nickel lateriate DSO project on-stream in 2014, TVIRD’s Agata Mining Ventures Inc. already pledged to support the annual Dugong Bombo – a nationwide blood donation drive of media partner, Bombo Radyo.  Since then, Agata […]