Photo: In September 2022, Major Drilling Philippines teams reached 1,494,810.24 lost time injury-free hours at the Masbate Gold Project When you arrive at a Major Drilling platform, the first thing you see is a two-meter gold and white safety sign with prominent blue icons. Each image depicts the specific Personal Protective Equipment drillers or visit...

A total of 332 patients benefitted from the Nickel Asia Corp. (NAC) and Taganito HPAL Nickel Corp. (THPAL) Medical-Surgical Mission from February 12-17 at the Surigao del Norte Provincial Hospital (SDNPH) in Placer, Surigao del Norte. Of the 332 patients, 174 had undergone minor operation, and 158 patients for major operation. Before the start of the M...

Industrial conveyor systems are extremely versatile; they can be modified and customized to fit your application. Chief industrial conveyors are utilized for long, overland applications and move many types of commodities. We have designs available for installation in port facilities, coal, mining, biomass, and any industrial operation. At Chief, we off...

Integral, a purveyor of market-leading process control solutions in the Philippines, celebrates its 20th anniversary this 2023. The event, held in EDSA Shangri-La, was attended by the company’s employees, clients, and supply chain partners.   The celebration was a showcase of Integral’s history. But more importantly, it highlighted lessons the compa...

Mining operations use a combination of metallurgical processes for mineral extraction. This often involves flotation to produce a mineral concentrate followed by smelting or leaching to recover the final product(s). Knowing the quantitative mineralogy at each of these stages is important to optimizing the effective and efficient recovery of a valuable min...

The practice of in-service oil analysis or used oil analysis started over a century ago on locomotive engines. Now it is one of the most important components of condition based maintenance (CBM), a practice of assessing a machine’s condition by periodically gathering data on key machine health indicators to determine maintenance schedules. Billions of dol...

Philippine Resources Journal welcomes a new contributor to our editorial team, Engr. Edison Mating. Based in Baguio City, Edison is a mining engineer specializing in mine planning and mining studies. He also promotes global mining education as a volunteer in various academic institutions. He has worked with some of the biggest mining companies in th...

Global professional services company GHD has appointed Simon Terry as Regional General Manager - Philippines.  Operating in the Philippines since 1998, GHD employs about 900 people across its offices in Makati, Cebu and Quezon City. The company has been providing design and technical advice for the landmark Novaliches-Balara Aqueduct 4, which will secu...

Photo: The Warman Slurry Pumping Handbook is the definitive guide for most slurry pumping applications. Weir Minerals, manufacturer of the industry-leading Warman®  slurry pump, has released the latest edition of their coveted Warman® Slurry Pumping Handbook. The 6th edition, compiled by the most trusted name in slurry pumps, features detailed engineer...

Photo credit: San Miguel Bolstering its climate action initiatives, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) power subsidiary San Miguel Global Power (SMGP) reported the successful planting and growing of over five million new trees and mangroves from 2019 to date, under its multi-year, nationwide forestation and carbon capture program. The company said it is also...

an article by Mark Adrian D. Lenon ~ Mining is entering a new era. This phase, known as Mining 4.0, recognizes the role of digital transformation in sustainable mining operations. With more affordable and simpler solutions to monitor plant assets, it has become viable for mining companies to assert total control over their operations. Emerson practi...

Photo credit: Universal Robina Corp One of Asia’s leading financial publications has, for a second year in a row, named Universal Robina Corp. (URC) as the Philippines’ most outstanding company in the consumer staples sector. Asiamoney handed the award to URC, one of the Philippines’ largest food manufacturers, after an exhaustive survey of the regi...

An Explorer’s Story By: Michelle Wright A portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer is a powerful tool to have in your mining and geochemistry field kit. One explorer uses three Vanta™ handheld XRF analyzers for copper-silver exploration in Peru. Todd Houlahan, Olympus' Director of International Mining, recently sat down with Lars Dahlenborg, Presiden...

CLAVER, Surigao del Norte--Taganito Mining Corporation (TMC) has been chosen as this year's TESDA Kabalikat Award recipient, a recognition given annually to agency partners with demonstrated track record in helping equip Filipinos with employable, specialized skills. TMC is one of the only two regional qualifiers for the coveted award, and the only reg...

CLAVER, Surigao del Norte—Adding more proof that mining and tourism can harmoniously coexist, Claver local government unit in partnership with Taganito Mining Corporation (TMC) hosted the first-ever jigging and shore casting competition in the municipality on September 2 to 4, 2022. The competition, done in cooperation with the Marajaw Surigao Anglers,...

By: Engr. Paula Angeline Bacani “The mining sector continues an optimistic performance for year 2022. As early as Q1 2022, the metallic mineral production value kicked off the year with a 36.21% or PhP12.92 billion growth from PhP35.69 billion in Q1 2021 to PhP48.61 billion.” [1] The steady growth of the industry is indicated by the opening of new meta...