The country’s nickel output for this year will likely go down due to unexpected weather disturbances and some logistical issues, said a top official from the Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA). During the launch of the PNIA’s first Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) report, PNIA Preside
Listed mining firm Global Ferronickel Holdings Inc. (FNI) said its $50-million rebar steel rolling plant project in Bataan will push through next year and that it intends to shoulder the entire cost of the project. FNI President Dante R. Bravo said it will no longer push through with its earlier…
ERRATIC weather conditions and the global shipping problems, particularly the lack of vessels, may pull down the country’s nickel production this year below last year’s 27.17 million dry metric tons (DMT) level. Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA) President Dante R. Bravo explained that the mining industry has experienced a lot…
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Published July 8, 2021, 12:57 PM
The nickel industry in the Philippines, one of the most highly mineralized countries in the world, will keep its growth momentum this year despite the prevalence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a statement, the Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA) said it is optimistic that the nickel sector’s resilient growth amidst the pandemic will continue to contribute greatly to the country’s economic recovery efforts.
Without citing an exact figure, PNIA President Dante R. Bravo said that from January to March of this year, the group’s members, who are some of the major nickel players in the Philippines, already supplied approximately half of the Philippines’ nickel production and 31 percent of total mineral production recorded in 2020.