Published December 14, 2020, 2:00 PM
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) had just started its post-Typhoon Ulysses audit of all quarry and crushing plant operations in Rizal, but listed ATN Holdings Inc. (AHI) is already calling on the government to lift the suspension on the operations of its crushing plant in the province.
In a regulatory filing, AHI told the Philippine Stock Exchange that its crushing plant operations in Rizal, under the mineral processing permit (MPP) no. 2020-001-IV, “does not contribute to the pollution of the Marikina Riven Basin because it implements a ‘dry’ crushing process wherein all by-products are mixed back to the soil as a form of nourishment”.
DENR to probe quarry operations in Rizal
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DENR suspends quarrying, crushing plant permits of 11 firms in Rizal
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Published December 10, 2020, 5:45 PM
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has already suspended the permits of 11 mining and quarrying firms in Rizal following the flooding caused by Typhoon Ulysses.
During the Senate inquiry Thursday on the state of the country’s forests and watersheds in relation to massive floods last month, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu disclosed the companies whose Mineral Production Sharing Agreements (MPSAs) were suspended effective December 2:
1. MPSA No. 070-97-IV of Asencio-Pinzon Aggregates Corp. (APAC);
2. MPSA No. 136-99-IV of San Rafael Development Corp. (SRDC);
3. MPSA No. 239-2007-IV of Montalban Millex Aggregates Corp. (MMAC);
4. MPSA No. 202-2004-IV of Hardrock Aggregates, Inc. (HAI);