THE PHILIPPINE MINERALS INDUSTRY AT A GLANCE
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MGB News
11 NEWLY APPOINTED MGB EMPLOYEES TAKE OATH OF OFFICE
Mines and Geosciences Bureau,
January 16, 2012
|  Eleven newly appointed employees of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) took their oath on December 19, 2011. The oath-taking ceremony was officiated by Acting Director Leo L. Jasareno.
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SURIGAO CITY RTC AFFIRMS DISMISSAL OF
ENVIRONMENTAL CASE VS. MINING COMPANIES
Mines and Geosciences Bureau,
January 16, 2012
| Judge Evangeline S. Yuipco Bayana of the Regional Trial Court of Surigao City Branch 30 denied last November 15, 2011 for “lack of merit” the Motion for Reconsideration filed by Anislagan Bantay Kalikasan Task Force, Inc. (ABAKATAF), et al, against several government officials and mining companies last September 13, 2011.
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News Articles
DENR says SC can still save $6-B Cotabato mining project
Kristine L. Alave,
January 23, 2012
| MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Environment and Natural Resources remains fully behind the $5.9-billion Tampakan copper-gold mine project, the largest foreign investment in the country, even as it admitted that an appeal to reverse its decision rejecting the company’s environmental permit is dim.
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Critical period for peace talks By Jess Dureza (Davao City)
In the News,
January 17, 2012
| OPEN PIT MINING BAN STOPPED - Two weeks ago, TVI Resource Development (Phils.) Inc., a mining company in Zamboanga peninsula won its preliminary injunction petition in a Dipolog court and effectively stopped the implementation of an open pit mining ban imposed by the provincial government of Zamboanga del Norte. The main case will still be litigated but the Judge found preliminary basis on TVIRD's claim that the local Ordinance has apparently some constitutional infirmity.
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