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BAKUN, Benguet — The claims of the residents of village Gambang here regarding the irregularities in the free prior and informed consent (FPIC) process conducted by the National Commission on Indigenous People’s (NCIP) was validated in the recently concluded consultation conducted by the National Cultural Communities (NCC) of the House of Representatives on February 27.
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BAGUIO CITY December 10 – The Cordillera Regional Development Council (RDC) and the Regional Mineral Development Council (RMDC) here asserted the need for local governments and mining companies to practice responsible mining in the exploitation, utilization and development of the rich mineral resources in the different parts of the region.
The observance of responsible […]

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MANILA, Philippines - Listed miner Benguet Corp. is pushing through with a gold and copper project in southern Mindanao after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) upheld its rights as operator.
Benguet clarified that Nationwide Development Corp. (NADECOR) remains a partner in the mining project.
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La Trinidad, Benguet (5 December) — More than 3,000 small scale miners are expected to attend the 7th Small Scale Mining Congress on December 16 to 18 to be hosted by Benguet province.
With the theme “Small Scale Mining: A Positive Resource for Community Development”, the Benguet Federation of Small Scale Miners, the provincial […]

MANILA, Oct 07, 2009 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) — BENGF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating — Benguet Corp. (BC.PH) said Thursday it has signed an offtake agreement with DMCI Mining Corp. to sell high-grade nickel ore from its project in northern Philippines.
“The agreement assures the company of a ready market […]

By ALDWIN QUITASOL
Northern Dispatch
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — Some 250 indigenous peoples, mostly of Kankana-ey-Bago tribe, from Gambang, Bakun successfully stopped the supposed signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that will pave the way for the entry of Australian mining firm Royalco Philippines Inc. into their ancestral territory.
The Bakun residents held a picket in front […]

By Artemio Dumlao (philstar.com)
Mankayan, Benguet, Philippines – Lepanto Consolidated Mining Co., which is celebrating its 73rd year on Sept. 21, continues to help poor students reach and pursue their dreams.
Providing help via scholarships, Lepanto, one of the oldest mining firms in the country, is giving importance to education via its Lepanto Educational Assistance Program (LEAP), […]

MANILA - Ten small scale miners were confirmed killed and 3 more were waiting to be retrieved from a mining camp hit by landslides in Baguio City, a police official said Saturday.
Senior Superintendent Nestor Bergonia, Baguo City police chief, said the 10 miners were from a landslide-hit mining camp of the Emerald Mountain Explorers Association […]

Updated July 21, 2009 03:51 PM
MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) — Two miners were killed while another one was hurt today in a landslide near a mining site in Benguet province, reports said.
The landslide reportedly hit a miners’ camp at a Kias village in Tuba town at dawn.According to the report, the three miners were inside […]

BAGUIO CITY — Government geologists have declared a section of the mining town of Mankayan in Benguet a danger zone to speed up the relocation of communities endangered by a June 5 landslide that has continued to eat through the town center.
Several buildings at the Mankayan High School grounds in Barangay (village)Aurora-Poblacion caved in on […]