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NAGA CITY, Cebu, Philippines — In line with the celebration of Environment Month this June, the Region 7 office of the Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), along with the Apo Cement Corporation (ACC) Thursday hosted a mine tour highlighting the importance of community involvement in […]

CEBU, Philippines - The Mines and Geosciences Bureau-7 of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources assured the public that operating mining companies in Central Visayas have installed and maintained standard rain gauges and other necessary measures in their respective mining sites so as not to cause hazardous impacts such as landslide, flooding and other […]

CEBU, Philippines - The Philippine Mining Service Corporation-Alcoy Mine/Dolomite Mining Corporation in Alcoy, Cebu was announced Titanium Winner under the Quarry Operation Category of the Presidential Mineral Industry Environmental Award and 2nd Runner-Up for Non-Mettalic Category of Best Mining Forest during the 56th Annual National Mine Safety and Environment Conference last November 14 in Baguio […]

Cebu City (14 September) — To have a better understanding on the important role local government units play in the implementation of mining laws, a one-day Stakeholders Forum or Mining Summit for Local Chief Executives (LCEs) is slated in Cebu next week.
Roger de Dios, vice-chair of the Regional Minerals Development Council (RMDC) and officer-in-charge of […]

June 20 (Bloomberg) — Toledo Mining Corp. said it will conclude talks with BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s largest mining company, on supplying nickel ore from its Berong project in the Philippines by the end of the third quarter.
Toledo Mining, based in London, wants to get an agreement to sell as much as 50 percent […]

MANILA, June 13 (Reuters) - The Philippines’ Berong nickel mine, whose inferred resource is said to be the world’s fourth biggest, has shipped nickel to China equivalent to almost 40 percent of its 2007 export goal of 920,000 tonnes.
Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corp. (AT.PS: Quote, Profile , Research), which has a 25.1 percent stake […]

MANILA (XFN-ASIA) - Berong Nickel Corp’s exports of wet nickel laterite since the start of the year have reached 350,000 metric tonnes, a company executive said.
‘We have made seven trial shipments averaging 50,000 metric tonnes since the start of the year,’ Ramon Antonio Flores, resource development manager of Berong Nickel, told reporters. He did not […]

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Toledo Mining Corporation PLC said it believes that its mineral production sharing agreement (MPSA) application covering the 288 hectare Berong project will be processed shortly by the Philippines government.
The company also said the government has approved its MPSA for the Berong nickel project.

LONDON (AFX) - Toledo Mining Corp PLC said a second shipment of about 51,000 tonnes of laterite ore left the Berong port in the Philippines on March 2 and that the shipment, for the Chinese market, was loaded in under seven days.
The mining company said a third shipment of about 50,000 tonnes is expected to […]

LONDON (AFX) - Toledo Mining Corp PLC said its first shipment of laterite nickel ore has left the Berong anchorage in Philippines but added that at about 19,000 tonnes, it is less than the expected 40,000 tonnes.
The shortfall was caused by a combination of factors, including the ship charter period expiring, poor sea conditions preventing […]