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The Philippines unit of Australian mining firm Lafayette is not expected to resume normal operations in the short-term after a spate of typhoons damaged some of its facilities.

Typhoons damaged buildings, electricals, conveyor belts, roads and the wharf of the company’s metals production base on Rapu Rapu island, Albay province, 350km southeast of Manila, Lafayette Philippines president Carlos Dominguez said.

But he said the firm’s environmental infrastructure remained intact despite strong winds and rains brought about by three typhoons that slammed the Philippines in recent weeks.

Dominguez said the plant fortified its storm drainage system and cemented its spillway to steer huge volumes of rain to the dams and ponds and prevent soil erosion and siltation.

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