Search Results: 2023

The TVI Resource Development Philippines Inc. (TVIRD) Group of Companies continues to push the standard for occupational safety and health within the Philippine mining industry through is parallel victories in the regional leg of the coveted Gawad Kaligtasan at Kalusugan (GKK) Award. The company’s Balabag Gold-Silver Project in Zamboanga del Sur, along...

Integrated energy company Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC) reported an 8-percent drop in third-quarter earnings to P3.1 billion, from P3.4 billion in the same period last year, primarily due to reduced contribution from the coal segment amid stabilizing market indices. “As anticipated, stabilizing market prices exerted pressure on our margi...

[Oct. 17, 2024] The Westin Manila -- Digging Deeper: A Mining Philippines Policy Forum is a one-day conference that tackles the most pressing legal and regulatory issues of the mining industry today. On his Welcome Address, Atty. Michael T. Toledo, Chairman at Chamber of Mines of the Philippines, emphasized the need to address key challenges in the cou...

During a mid-year mining event by the Philippine Mining Club, guest speaker, Dante R. Bravo, discussed the Philippine mining industry’s growth, particularly nickel, amidst global trends on green technologies. Bravo is a member of the Board of Trustee of the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines and President of the Philippine Nickel Industry Association, In...

On October 7th, Philippine Mining and Exploration Association (PMEA) President, Joey Nelson R. Ayson, reported PMEA Matters and Industry Updates during the association's Monthly Membership Meeting in Makati.

The Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA) has announced a PHP 4.3 billion investment from its members for 2023, aimed at advancing key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that foster community development and resilience through their Environmental Enhancement and Protection, Social Development and Management, and Corporate Social Responsibility P...

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday renewed his call for the passage of the proposed measure on the rationalization of the Philippine mining regime to ensure a sustainable and vibrant mining industry. Speaking at the 2023 Philippine Mineral Industry Environmental Award (PMIEA) in Malacañan Palace, Marcos said the bill on the Rationalization ...

The construction of the 1.34-kilometer Davao River (Bucana) Bridge by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is progressing steadily, with civil works now more than halfway completed, less than a year after the project began in November 2023. In his inspection report to DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan, Senior Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain s...

The Philippines showed its commitment to sustainable mineral development during the 12th Joint Working Groups Meeting of the ASEAN Minerals Cooperation (ASOMM) held from August 13 to 15, 2024, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Led by Engr. Teodorico A. Sandoval, Assistant Director of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), the Philippine delegation actively took ...

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Wednesday expressed optimism about more private investments in the development of the infrastructure sector. This, as the DBM acknowledged that the proposed PHP1.507 trillion infrastructure spending for 2025 is still up for Congress' deliberation. “For FY (fiscal year) 2025, the proposed infrastructur...

The Northern Samar provincial government has welcomed the recent loan agreement on the USD111.43 million (about PHP6.34 billion) Samar Pacific Coastal Road 2 (SPCR 2) project between the Philippine government and the Export-Import Bank of Korea. The signing on October 7, Gov. Edwin Ongchuan said, marks the start of the long-time dream of the province f...

The provincial government of Ilocos Norte has collected almost PHP56 million in quarry revenues as of end-August this year, the highest it has recorded so far. Last year, the provincial government’s quarry revenue is around PHP29.5 million. “We are grateful for the cooperation and high compliance of our quarry permittees in paying their dues to the ...

During a mining event, DENR Undersecretary Marilou G. Erni emphasized that in the 2023 World Risk Index, the Philippines was identified as the number one most disaster-prone country in the world. This ranking highlights the country's extreme vulnerability to natural hazards and the significant risks it faces from disasters such as typhoons, earthquakes, a...

In loving memory of Bernabe “Abe” Almirol, journalist (August 25, 1969 – September 17, 2023)

by Rocky Dimaculangan VP and TSM National Coordinator Chamber of Mines of the Philippines The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) has, for over a dozen years now, been encouraging its members not only to comply with the law – which should be part of their organizational ethos in the first place – but also to undertake voluntary initiatives that ...

By Noel B. Lazaro and Mary Louisse S. Inguillo Elizabeth Fisher, a renowned legal scholar at the University of Oxford, reminds us that environmental law isn’t a “magic wand.” Laws alone do not guarantee “happy ever after” endings. On July 8 and 9, the Malcolm Theater at the UP College of Law became a hub for the BIICL Global Toolbox on Corporate Climat...

The Philippines has achieved a milestone in supporting the global response to the threat of climate change with its election last July as the host country of the Board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage. The country’s bid, which won over seven other contenders, was prepared through a whole-of government approach led by the Department of Envi...

I applied for the position of Chairperson of the Professional Regulatory Board of Geology (the “Board”) in 2019. My ordeal started with the submission of my personal data sheets filed under oath, curriculum vitae outlining my academic and career history, and clearances from various government agencies to affirm the fact that I have had no past or existing...