:The Philippine government has cancelled the environmental permits for four more mining projects, including one planned nickel venture, as the world’s top nickel ore supplier deepens a months-long crackdown on the resources sector.

The Philippines will lift economic growth rate beyond seven percent by unleashing the huge potential of mining and revitalizing the steel industry, according to a Filipino expert.

The government is drafting a regulation offering further relief in the export of raw and partly processed mineral products — a policy that, if passed, would again contravene the 2009 Mining Law that requires a total ban on such exports.

Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Regina Lopez said on Thursday that the DENR has cancelled the environmental compliance certificates (ECCs) of three mining projects including Ipilan Nickel Project of Ipilan Nickel Corp., Nickel Deposit Mining Projec...

www.ferro-alloys.com:The Philippine government wants to finish auditing at least 25 out of 800 existing environmental compliance certificates (ECCs) within this year as it remains committed to get rid of companies who have spawned negative impact on the enviro...

www.ferro-alloys.com:At the 63rd Annual National Mine Safety and Environment Conference (ANMSEC), Philippine Mines Safety and Environment Association (PMSEA) President Louie Sarmiento told reporters that despite the claims of Lopez that mining put people’s li...

www.ferro-alloys.com:Even after the government recently gave awards to some of the country’s biggest miners for adhering to safety and environmental standards, Environment Secretary Gina Lopez has remained skeptical on the mining sector.

www.ferro-alloys.com:Indonesian mining minister Luhut Pandjaitan said on Tuesday (4th, October) that they were still in consideration of ore exports restart, and decision would be made within several weeks.