Former Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Acting Secretary Jim O. Sampulna and Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) President
Former Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Acting Secretary Jim O. Sampulna and National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) Executive
Former Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Acting Secretary Jim O. Sampulna (left, front row) holds the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for
Former Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) former Acting Secretary Jim O. Sampulna and University of the Philippines Los Baños Chancellor
MANILA - Former Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Acting Secretary Jim O. Sampulna pushed for the establishment of more mineral processing plants and utilization of rare earth deposits to help increase the country's mineral production and revenue generation. "Mineral processing plants make the mined mineral ready to use for application. For example, limestone, if processed, will become cement, which is ready to use for construction," Sampulna cited in a statement on Sunday. "If we have more of these plants and more minerals will be processed in the country, then its value will increase even more than 100 percent, and lesser raw materials will be shipped out to other countries, like Japan or China," he added. The DENR-Mines and Geosciences Bureau has so far issued 108 mineral processing permits, most of which are for construction materials. Likewise, Sampulna proposed the identification of rare earth elements (REEs), such as scandium and yttr