Mining companies Benguet Corp., Philex Mines, and Itogon Suyoc Resource Inc. have set up an improvised mining tunnel along Session Rd. in Baguio City...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Maria Antonia Loyzaga has signed a new administrative order mandating mining companies to incorporate the United Nations’...
The provincial government of Eastern Samar expressed optimism that mining companies operating in the province remit part of the P100 million taxes they owed...
The provincial government of Eastern Samar issued an ultimatum to mining companies operating on the southeasternmost tip of the province to implement environmental and social...
By Rio N. Araja
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources wants large mining companies to act as “big brothers” to small-scale miners through their...
The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines said Tuesday the world’s five largest mining companies expressed keen interest to pursue mining projects in the...
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Thursday vowed to impose higher excise taxes for mining companies, saying that these would result in “very big revenues”...
A special mining study urged government to increase the share of local governments and allow mining companies to pay local government units directly.
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Mining companies should comply with all existing mining and environmental laws if they want their operations to continue, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said Sunday.
Cimatu...
THE mining companies should follow environment laws if they want to continue their businesses, President Rodrigo Duterte said as he met with the leaders...
FINANCE Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said Wednesday Environment Secretary Regina Lopez’s decision to close or suspend 28 mining companies would be reviewed despite her...
ENVIRONMENT Secretary Regina Lopez has issued a memo that excludes certain quarrying activities—including those of her family-owned First Balfour—from a moratorium on mining in...
FINANCE Secretary Carlos Dominguez warned Tuesday that it would take five years to cover the government’s revenue shortfall from Environment Secretary Regina Lopez’s decision...
