Mining News
Tampakan copper-gold project, Semirara open-pit coal mine...
15 August, 2016 at 16:00
The environment department has threatened to revoke the permits of the Tampakan copper-gold mine project in Mindanao — initially estimated to cost some $5.9 billion and which has suffered delays since 2010 due to regulatory and policy hurdles
Philippines’ ‘shock and awe’ mine crackdown rattles...
9 August, 2016 at 15:15
As the Philippines’ tough-talking new President ratchets up a campaign against irresponsible mining, the suspension of a quarter of the country’s nickel mines and the risk of more action to come is spooking global nickel markets.
DENR chief calls for review of mining...
9 August, 2016 at 11:15
Environment Secretary Gina Lopez on Thursday said she would initiate a review of the 1995 Philippine Mining Act that opened the country’s mining sector to 100-percent foreign ownership, which she described as “treasonous and should not have been passed at all.”
Mining to become sunset industry – Rody
9 August, 2016 at 10:21
Mining and logging will be sunset industries in the years to come.
DENR to end illegal logging, mining in...
5 August, 2016 at 15:00
Davao City – Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) secretary Gina Lopez said she will end illegal logging and mining operations in the country in eight days, with her “Duterte team” backing her up in the protection of the environment.
Can we afford cleanliness?
4 August, 2016 at 15:00
Let me make it clear from the start: I fully support a green world and the reduction, even elimination, of pollution of all kinds. But I am a realist. I realize that I have to pay for my stance. And I am willing to, but many other Filipinos are not able to.
Philippines in bid to boost FDI
4 August, 2016 at 11:00
An easing of restrictions and regulatory requirements is expected to boost foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Philippines, as the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte looks to increase the country’s attractiveness as a business destination.
Philippines’ Duterte says nation can survive without...
2 August, 2016 at 16:14
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday warned mining companies to strictly follow tighter environmental rules or shut down, saying the Southeast Asian nation could survive without a mining industry.
Tampakan project prospects dim
29 July, 2016 at 14:30
Once touted as potentially the Philippines’ biggest foreign investment, the Tampakan copper-gold mine project in Mindanao — initially estimated to cost some $5.9 billion…
Philippines’ House Speaker wants Congress to license...
28 July, 2016 at 11:00
The Philippines’ newly elected House Speaker said on Monday he wants new mining companies to get a legislative license before they are allowed to operate in the country as part of efforts to protect the environment.
[VIDEO] Businessmen laud Duterte’s 1st SONA
27 July, 2016 at 14:01
Despite that perceived repercussions for miners, most other business groups give President Duterte a high mark for his first address to the nation. – Business Nightly, ANC, July 25, 2016
Impact seen muted for nickel amid PHL...
19 July, 2016 at 12:30
An environmental crackdown on Philippine mines, which helped drive nickel prices to eight-month highs, is likely to have only a muted impact on exports to China in the short term because the biggest mines have met guidelines, experts said.
DENR stops mining in ARMM for new...
15 July, 2016 at 17:30
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has suspended all mining operations in the region.
PHL will not see new mining projects...
12 July, 2016 at 15:30
Aside from auditing the operations of existing mining sites, the new chief of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has also ordered a moratorium on the approval of new mining projects.
