ResultIn total, the national government borrowed P27.5 million from the ADB to reforest five areas in Zambales. The biggest reforestation site – 1,000 …

ResultOctober 31, 2023 | 12:00am. File photo of mining. MANILA, Philippines — Consolidated Mines Inc. (CMI) is reviving a chromite mine in Masinloc, Zambales previously operated by Benguet Corp. In a ...

ResultOpposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has expressed grave concern over the suspicious construction of a P200-M worth Ferro-Nickel Plant nickel mining project in Candelaria, Zambales which would heavily be funded by Chinese investors. De Lima, who chairs the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural …

ResultThe detained lawmaker filed Senate Resolution 720 to look into the alleged illegal mining operations in Candelaria, Zambales as well as the systemic review of pending and on-going large-scale mining projects in the country.

ResultSan Marcelino, ZAMBALES — It was as if a giant used a shovel to gouge the face of the mountain in Barangay Buhawen, San Marcelino, Zambales. Below the towering rocky façade, reddish-black liquid formed a pool of poison. It has been 15 years since the Benguet Mining Corporation ceased open pit mining …

ResultTUBA, Benguet – Philex Mining Corporation is setting its sights on nickel mining in several towns of Zambales as part of its expansion program and in preparation to the projected end of life of its Padcal mine here. Philex president and chief executive officer Engr. Eulalio B. Austin, Jr. said that the company was able …

ResultSince 2007, a smarting Marty has not issued a mining permit, save for one that went to the firm A3UNA Mining Corporation, which is on the DENR's list of eight companies permitted to do large-scale mining in Zambales. But miners big and small have nevertheless invaded his town, waving papers from the capitol or …

ResultIn order to continue its surging production and growth, DMCI Mining Corp. announced its plans to open two new mines to be operational in December this year, and in the second quarter of 2024. According to a report by The Philippine Star, the company's prospective first mine is a nickel mine in Zambales which is …

ResultConsolidat­ed Mines Inc. (CMI) is reviving a chromite mine in Masinloc, Zambales previously operated by Benguet Corp. In a filing with the Department of Environmen­t and Natural Resources-Environmen­tal Management Bureau (DENR-EMB), CMI has proposed to mine 87,900 metric tons (MT) of …

ResultZambales, Philippines. The Coto Masinloc-Ug Chromium Mine is located in Zambales, a province in the Philippines. The mine was initially discovered in the year 1925 and began production in 1965. It is an underground mining operation, utilizing a method known as horizontal cut and fill with tailings. The mine consists …

ResultZCM appealed the case to the CA. The CA reversed Gozon's finding and declared that ZCM had the rights earlier attributed to Martinez et al by Gozon. Martinez et al appealed averring that the factual basis found by Gozon as Director of Mines be given due weight. The CA reconsidered after realizing that Gozon …

ResultQUICK FACTS. Name of mining firm: BenguetCorp Nickel Mines Inc. Location: Sta. Cruz, Zambales. Mining area: 1,406.74 hectares. Metals …

ResultSTA. CRUZ, ZAMBALES – For nearly two years now, Leonardo Lustria Jr., manager of the Sta. Cruz water district, has been at his wit's end trying to find ways to protect the town's watershed, which feeds Sta. Cruz's two irrigation systems and provides local folk with potable water. Some 20 kms from the town …

ResultQUICK FACTS. Name of mining firm: BenguetCorp Nickel Mines Inc. Location: Sta. Cruz, Zambales Mining area: 1,406.74 hectares Metals extracted/mine products: Nickel Nickel production (2020): 6,808 dry metric tons (direct shipping ore) valued at P11,730,016 Mining permit period: 2005-2030 …

ResultIBA, Zambales —Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. again called for proper regulation of mining operations in Zambales after a shipload of nickel laterite ore mined in Candelaria town and bound for China ...

ResultQUICK FACTS. Name of mining firm: LNL Archipelago Minerals Inc. Location: Sta. Cruz, Zambales Mining area: 951.57 hectares Metals extracted/mine products: Nickel ore Nickel production (2020): 290,853 dry metric tons (direct shipping ore) valued at P743,318,584 Mining permit period: 2008-2033 …

ResultAspiring vice president Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan has expressed opposition over the black sand mining activities along the Zambales coastline, saying it must be stopped completely. Pangilinan aired his opposition during an interview with a local radio station in Zambales on Tuesday, April 19. …

ResultZambales mines: A history of questionable practices. 2017217 LNL Archipelago Minerals is one of the Zambales mines listed by the Move Now! fact-finding mission, alongside Benguet Corp Nickel Mines and Eramen Minerals Inc. 2014, 2015: Suspension, floods In July 2014, the Mining and Geosciences …

ResultEnvironmental advocates and residents of Sta. Cruz town in Zambales in Central Luzon on Friday blamed nickel mining operations in the province for the thick reddish-brown mud-flood …

ResultCCOS chairman Dr. Ben Molino and his co-petitioners say the continued mining operations in Sta. Cruz, Zambales violate RA 7942, otherwise known as the Mining Act of 1995, and its implementing ...

ResultConsolidated Mines Inc. (CMI) president Benicio Eusebio said in an interview that 82,000 metric tons of chromite ore, valued at P211 million, have been taken by illegal small-scale miners between ...

ResultRespondents were Environment Secretary Ramon Paje, regional environment officials and five mining firms—Benguet Corp. Nickel Mines Inc., Eramen Minerals Inc., LNL Archipelago Minerals Inc ...

ResultIn February of this year, all four mining companies in Zambales have already been ordered closed by the DENR. But last October, people have been reporting that the trucks and heavy equipment of Eramen Minerals, Inc. and the Zambales Diversified Metals Corporation have returned. In Manicani Island, …

ResultMining mayhem triggers eco-disaster in Zambales. Jobs, mines, power, violence. Firms mining watershed, forest areas of Zambales. A watchdog …

ResultZambales Diversifie­d Metals Corporatio­n (ZDMC), a subsidiary of DMCI Mining, has been awarded the Presidenti­al Mineral Industry Environmen­tal Award (PMIEA). In a statement, the firm said this is in recognitio­n of its commitment to environmen­tal protection, safety measures, community developmen­t, and …

ResultThe mining company had earmarked about P250 million to develop the nickel mine to be run by another unit, Zambales Chromite Mining Co. (ZCMC). The project was projected to produce about 20 million ...

ResultThe Masinloc Chromium Mines are located in Zambales, Philippines. The initial discovery of the site took place in 1930, and mining operations began in 1937. This mining operation consists of both surface and underground mining methods. The ore body at Masinloc Chromium Mines is irregularly shaped, stretching …

ResultIn July 2014, the Mining and Geosciences Bureau suspended the aforementioned mines plus Zambales Diversified Metals Corp for "unsystematic strip mining" (Rappler, 4 July 2014). In December 2014, Region 3 DENR gave the mines permits to transport ore, saying this was needed to rehabilitate and …