ENR cancels permits for 4 mine firms

  • Thursday, January 19, 2017
  • Source:ferro-alloys.com

  • Keywords:Philippine nickel mine
[Fellow]: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.

ferro-alloys.com: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 four revoked ECCs include one for Norwegian firm Intex Resources’ proposed $2.5-billion nickel mine on Mindoro island in the central Philippines.

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Regina Lopez told a media briefing the project would damage the environment as it would be located on a watershed.

The three other ECCs cancelled on Wednesday were for a gold mine, a coal producer and an iron and copper project.

 

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