DAVAO CITY The government halted the operation of a mining company in Davao Oriental following the discoloration of the river waters, which indicates a sudden discharge of soil extracts from the mountain mines to the waterways. The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) ordered the mining company on Monday to immediately stop…
AS soon as Typhoon “Odette” made landfall and devastated Visayas and Mindanao on December 16, mining companies have started to deploy rescue and relief teams in typhoon-affected areas to help affected communities. From providing clean water and food packages, to construction materials needed for those who lost their homes to…
AMID the pandemic, the government stopped 144 illegal mining operations in 2021, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reported. DENR Secretary Roy A. Cimatu credited the “enhanced performance” of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) which led to the closure of the illegal mining operations in accordance with…
Environmental groups belonging to the Kalikasan-People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE) on Wednesday criticized the Duterte administration for allowing the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to lift the ban on open-pit mining method in the Philippines. “We condemn the Duterte government’s lifting of the open-pit mining ban when…
MINING regulators have finally lifted the ban on open-pit mining method, in effect reversing an environmental policy put in place in 2017 by former Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary (DENR) Regina Paz L. Lopez. The move was welcomed by the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) on Tuesday,…