DENR flags misleading mining headline
The DENR denies claims that it approved mining within protected areas of the Sierra Madre, calling a viral social media headline misleading. The controversy…
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Razon’s Apex Mining exits from stalled gas asset
Apex Mining is considering selling its 30-percent stake in Service Contract 72, which covers the Sampaguita Gas Field in the West Philippine Sea, to Prime Oil…
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Razon’s Apex Mining exits from stalled gas asset
Apex Mining Co. Inc. plans to exit its stalled natural gas exploration project in the West Philippine Sea, transferring its 30% stake in SC72 to Prime Oil &…
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SMPC challenges DoE over mining investment climate
Semirara Mining and Power Corp. has criticized the Department of Energy’s coal bidding rules, warning that restrictions on established mining operators could…
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Anti-mining protesters sue PNP
Residents affected by mining in Nueva Vizcaya have filed administrative and criminal complaints against the Philippine National Police over the arrest of the…
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Bishop seeks moratorium on Catanduanes projects
Virac Bishop Luisito Occiano has urged the government to impose a moratorium on proposed and ongoing mining activities in Catanduanes that pose risks to the…
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8 Chinese nabbed in P153-M mining raid
Authorities arrested 18 people, including eight Chinese nationals, in an anti-illegal mining operation in Barangay Mabini, Surigao City, on 14 October. Police…
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Marinduque contests $25-M legal fee
The Marinduque provincial government has asked the Supreme Court to review a Court of Appeals ruling upholding a 25-percent contingency fee worth about $25…
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Virac bishop seeks mining moratorium in Catanduanes
Virac Bishop Luisito Occiano calls for a mining moratorium in Catanduanes, an investigation into mining-related deaths, and stronger environmental safeguards.
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Benguet mine workers secure wage hikes as strikes end
Philex Mining Corp. and the National Mines and Allied Workers Union Local 101 ended a four-day strike after agreeing to phased wage increases, a P3,500 signing…
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Energy security: DoE or don’t
A company with no mining experience can put up a huge number, win the auction, and then find that it cannot get a single ton out of the ground.
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Rumblings at a mine
A major mining company has agreed to put an improved compensation offer in writing after the labor department brought management and its rank-and-file union…
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SMPC seeks fairer terms in Semirara coal auction
Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) is challenging the Department of Energy’s revised bidding rules for the Semirara coal mine, warning that requirements to…
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Mine workers strike over failed wage talks
'The company respects the right of workers to organize and to bargain collectively. We remain committed to resolving all issues through dialogue, in good…
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Philex Mining workers launch strike over stalled wage negotiations
Around 400 Philex Mining workers at the Padcal mine in Benguet launched a strike on 11 October over stalled wage negotiations and a disputed pay proposal.
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Hijacking the system
SMPC said electricity rates could come under pressure if the bidding leads to a production halt by July next year, while saying it is weighing legal options to…
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Bishop seeks roadmap to move Semirara beyond coal
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