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The DENR identified the miners as Ipilan Nickel Corp Core Mining Corp and Lebach Mining Corp The ECC of Donggwang Clark Corps Sacobia Sun Valley Resort also expired and was cancelled Companies with ECCs have five years from the date of issuance within which to start a project or else the certificate will be cancelled Luna said

A total of 75 philippine mining companies are now at risk of losing their Mineral Production Sharing Agreements MPSA it earlier got from the government while the environmental permit of Southeast Asia’s largest undeveloped coppergold mining project

The cancelled contracts – representing almost a third of the country’s contracts for undeveloped mines – include the 59billion Tampakan gold and copper project in South Cotabato potentially the country’s biggest foreign investment and believed to be one of the largest gold prospects in the world

Mining companies were asked to make disclosures specifically on the basis of a news article made by Manila Bulletin entitled “DENR cancels 75 mining contracts” The article provides a list of mining operations whose MPSAs have been canceled and MPSAs of mining companies as well that are likely to

Apr 25 2017 · Ms Lopez said in an interview that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources is out to cancel more mining contracts even those that are nonoperational

Apr 24 2017 · The Department of Environment and Natural Resources DENR is set to cancel a mining contract of an open pit mine in Zambales after the mining

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources DENR has issued show cause orders to mining companies after the agency cancelled 75 mineral production sharing agreements of those operating near the watersheds The DENR decided to cancel the said agreements to prevent the possible destruction of watersheds caused by reckless mining

Antimining group Alyansa Tigil Mina ATM on Wednesday welcomed the decision of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Gina Lopez to cancel the environmental compliance certificate ECC of Tampakan coppergold mining project in South Cotabato and 75 other mining contracts

Feb 15 2017 · The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry has warned that the move of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources DENR to cancel contracts of 75 mining

Jun 10 2018 · Likewise Cimatu was open to amending DENR Memorandum Order DMO 201601 which was implemented by then DENR Chief Regina Paz Lopez DMO 201601 covers the moratorium of acceptance processing andor approval of mining applications andor new mining projects for all metallic and nonmetallic minerals

A former military man who briefly headed the Philippine Armed Forces in 2002 Cimatu said he has yet to take a stance on Lopezs earlier decisions including her orders to shut more than half of the countrys mines and cancel contracts for undeveloped mines to protect water resources Reporting by Manolo Serapio Jr Editing by Joseph Radford

Feb 03 2017 · “Firm affected by the audit of the Department of Natural Resources DENR should appeal and ask for reconsideration from the agency” Malacañang Palace said Thursday February 2

The mining contracts under the regimes of MPSA and FTAA also provide for the mandatory Filipinization program technology transfer and the training and priority employment of local residents These contracts further mandate that mining operations shall maximize the utilization of local goods and services the creation of selfsustaining generating

Department of Environment and Natural resources DENR Secretary Roy A Cimatu has directed mining companies to allocate a portion of their permit area and establish a bamboo plantation to help the country’s economic recovery program in the face of the COVID19 pandemic

DENR cancels 75 mineral production sharing contracts Feb 14 2017· By Madelaine Miraflor A total of 75 mining companies are now at risk of losing their Mineral Production Sharing Agreements MPSA Department of Environment and Natural Resources DENR Secretary Gina Lopez has cancelled more mining contracts on Tuesday February 14