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Rhodina Villanueva
MANILA, Philippines - Environment Secretary Ramon Jesus Paje is a creature of habit. For 20 years, he showed up for work at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in the morning and went home after work.
Paje, 49, rose from the ranks, having served in various divisions first as undersecretary for […]

In line with relisting of its shares on the ASX today, Indophil Resources NL (Indophil) wishes to
update the market on two important matters. They are:
• The South Cotabato provincial government’s proposal to ban open pit mining; and
• The Indophil sale process, post termination of the offer from Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd
(Zijin).
SOUTH COTABATO ENVIRONMENT CODE
Further to the […]

THE DEPARTMENT of Environment and Natural Resources aims to forge a compromise before the end of this month between South Cotabato’s provincial government and the local unit of Switzerland-based Xstrata plc over the open pit mining ban signed into law last June 29.
Environment Secretary Ramon Jesus P. Paje, who also heads the Minerals Development […]

Riza T. Olchondra
THE GOVERNMENT will try to facilitate negotiations between concerned parties for a “compromise” on the open pit mining ban in South Cotabato, which is affecting the $5.2-billion Tampakan copper-gold project.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), which chairs the Minerals Development Council under the Office of the President, will meet with both […]

MANILA, Philippines - The country will try to allay the fears of its local officials and push forward mining projects, including a $5.2-billion gold-copper prospect operated by Xstrata Plc, being threatened by a provincial ban on open-pit mining, a mining official said on Tuesday.
Last month, the outgoing governor of South Cotabato signed a law […]

Othel V. Campos
The government will protect mining investments in the country, including the $5.2-billion Tampakan gold and copper project in South Cotabato, Environment Secretary Ramon Jesus Paje said Tuesday.
“It [Tampakan] is very important for us. We believe we have to protect the investment,” he told reporters in a briefing.
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Toledo Mining Corporation PLC (”Toledo” or the “Company”) (AIM: TMC) is pleased to announce that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (”MOU”) with Jinchuan Group Limited (”Jinchuan”), the largest nickel producer in China, pursuant to which Toledo and Jinchuan intend to form a strategic alliance for the exploration, mining, processing and sale of nickel […]

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Jul 07, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Clenergen Corporation /quotes/comstock/11k!crge.e (CRGE 0.61, -0.01, -1.61%) today announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corporation to design and install up to 34MW/h of biomass power plants at certain of Rio Tuba’s mining […]

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MANILA, Philippines - Silangan Mindanao Mining, Inc., a wholly-owned unit of Philex Mining Corp., will invest another P500 million for exploration work in the second half of the year.
In a briefing on Wednesday at the Mines and Geosciences Bureau, Silangan said it is scheduled to carry out scoping studies as preparation for the conduct of […]

The last few months have seen buoyant times for Australian based, Philippines focused gold producer Medusa Mining (ASX:MML, AIM:MML, TSX:MLL), with several new mineral discoveries and upgraded resource estimates from their Philippine based mining properties.
With solid levels of production, low costs and excellent upside potential to expand both production and exploration, Medusa’s strong operational and […]