Ore processors seek clearcut policy first
THE Philippine mining industry should first have a “clear cut” policy before it can attract investments into nickel processing, according to officials of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
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THE Philippine mining industry should first have a “clear cut” policy before it can attract investments into nickel processing, according to officials of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
Environment Secretary-designate Regina Paz L. Lopez wants to take a direct hand in how mining companies will use their social development and management program (SDMP) funds, as she intends to make the industry benefit more people “far beyond their host communities”.
The Commission on Appointments hearing for a new secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has proven one point.
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III says the case of each mining contract that was canceled and every mining company that was closed by the same order of Environment Secretary-designate Regina Paz L. Lopez will be reviewed thoroughly.
TRADERS and scientists are clamoring for a re-audit of mineral resources and policy, as industry players and the government continue to lock horns on the future of the country’s mining sector after the release of the results of what was deemed as a “biased” audit.
AT the recent Saturday Forum@Annabel’s, we tackled the mining issue in the wake of the order of Environment Secretary Regina Paz L. Lopez to shut down 23 mining firms and suspend five others, and to cancel more than 70 mineral processing sharing agreements (MPSAs) for alleged violations of environmental laws.
A PARTY-LIST group on Monday asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to help alleviate the situation of small-scale miners “instead of threatening them of losing their decades-old source of livelihood.”
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