Ferro-alloys.com:The Philippines' new Environment and Natural Resources minister Roy Cimatu won’t revoke a ban…

[Ferro-Alloys.com] Own-sourced copper production of 642,900 tonnes was down 9% on H1 2016.

Environment Secretary Regina Lopez on Thursday announced a ban on new open-pit mines, a move that threatens over $8 billion in investments.

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will look into the possibility of introducing phytomining in the country.

The criticism over her decisions, orders, and what she believes in have been overwhelming in the past months. But Environment Secretary Gina Lopez still thinks that the Philippines can earn more from investments in biodiversity than in mining.

President Rodrigo Duterte has reappointed four of his Cabinet secretaries bypassed by the Commission on Appointments (CA), the Office of the Executive Secretary (OES) said Monday (April 17) night.

A pro-environment group has expressed yesterday its full support to the proposed mining ban in this province.

Environment Secretary Regina Paz Lopez may have came out with another order that is redundant and unnecessary and Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), an attached agency to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) tasked to regulate the mining...