Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. is barely in his first year of his office and already is facing a myriad of challenges from soaring inflation and public debt to a devaluating peso against the dollar. While trying to sustain economic recovery following stagnation from the COVID-19 pandemic, Marcos is hard put to tame the increasing costs of c...

Photo credit: Celsius Resources Celsius Resources Limited is pleased to declare a maiden JORC compliant Mineral Resource for the Sagay (SGY) Copper-Gold Project (“Project”), held under its Philippine Subsidiary Company, Tambuli Mining Co., Inc (TMCI) and located at the Island of Negros in the Philippines. The latest results suggest that the SGY Projec...

Photo credit: Celsius Resources Celsius Resources is pleased to announce they have received further shallow and high-grade copper assay results from the ongoing drilling program at their flagship MCB copper-gold project, owned by its Philippine subsidiary Makilala Mining Company, Inc. (“MMCI”). The results continue to extend the envelope of the near...

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...

Photo credit: Philippine News Agency President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. believes that the government owes it to the Filipino people to build major roads and critical infrastructure that will spur progress and social change, promote interconnectivity, ease traffic and reduce travel time. He made this remark after he witnessed on Thursday the signing o...

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: Bilyonaryo Integrated energy company Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC) set a new profit record during the first nine months of the year, as its consolidated net income surged 250 percent from P10.3 billion to P36 billion—more than double (122%) its 2021 net income of P16.2 billion. Its exceptional performance was mainly due ...

The expansion of the Sangley Point International Airport (SPIA) is a huge infrastructure project that is scheduled to be operational by 2028. The local government of Cavite province has chosen the SPIA Development Consortium last September to implement the USD11 billion project. SPIA Development Consortium representatives were delighted for being chose...

Atty Ronald Recidoro, Executive Director at Chamber of Mines of the Philippines, described the new Unnumbered Bill in mining as “Killing the goose to get to the golden eggs”. He expressed his sentiments and professional insights regarding the new mining bill during the recent Philippine Mining & Exploration Association (PMEA) Monthly Membership Mee...

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...

Part 2: Production-scale Plan, Optimized Production Schedule, SMP’s Risk Assessment  - By: Engr. Mae Ann R. Cabasag Ensuring optimal resource extraction, maximizing value of increasingly scarce resources, and having confidence in mine plans amid market uncertainties is possible through DS GEOVIA’s SMP solutions. In Part 1, we elucidate differences b...

Photo: The Sizer’s 3 stages of breaking MMD have been manufacturing Sizers for over 40 years, processing over 80 different materials in more than 70 countries worldwide. Sizers offer a compact and efficient way of comminution in primary, secondary and tertiary stage crushing, in both underground and open pit operations. Sizers have gained notoriety...

 The LiuGong 870H Wheel Loader with new H Series buckets loads heavy materials more manageable and faster, saving you time and lowering fuel consumption with higher productivity and higher efficiency. In tests, our new buckets increase production by 14% and reduce fuel consumption by 12% compared to competitors, delivering better fuel economy. The 870H wi...

JRC is a visa consultancy business based out of Cebu City and has seven offices currently around the central and eastern visayas. We caught up with the founder and owner JR in his head office in Cebu City reflecting on the past few years and what lies ahead in an emerging economy and return of overseas nationals after the pandemic closed much of the co...

Photo: The weavers who work hand in hand with HMC producing jobo pots and other weaving products The weavers in Sitio Campandan, in the island of Hinatuan, have been contracted by Hinatuan Mining Corp. (HMC), a subsidiary of Nickel Asia Corp. (NAC), to produce 5000 seedling pots made of ‘pandan dagat’ (pandanus tectorius) which they call “jobo pots” in...

Superior coverage area and outstanding operator assistance features. The new Boomer E10 and E20 mark another breakthrough for automated face drilling rigs. Both rigs are available with optional battery-electric driveline for zero-emission tramming. The new Boomer E10 and E20 from Epiroc offer great flexibility and coverage thanks to their small footpri...

Despite common use of coal in power generation, one overlooked aspect is that coal is a significantly heterogeneous and complex material and its fuel characteristics vary significantly in the deposits in any direction depending on the geological conditions. Therefore, a thorough geological investigation to understand these changes is not only essential in...

Figure 1. Mineralogy of Nickel Laterites Reflectance spectroscopy was applied as a sampling tool for deriving compositional data of nickel laterites in the Koniambo deposits of New Caledonia. The aim of the work was to test the feasibility of acquiring spectral reflectance data for retrieving quantitative compositional information on nickel laterites e...

Photo credit: Chief Industries  Chief industrial conveyors are ruggedly built to withstand years of use in harsh operating conditions and are custom designed to fit your application and engineered for outdoor purposes or combined into an existing manufacturing process. Chief offers heavy-duty open belt conveyors for a wide range of bulk handling app...

Photo credit: 2GO 2GO, the largest and most integrated logistics and transportation services provider in the Philippines and a subsidiary of SM Investments Corporation, is best positioned to provide special handling and custom processing to serve various industries such as mining, power, telecommunications and infrastructure. With its own assets for en...