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Executive Order No. 13 0 The  government has formally repealed the ban on open-pit mining method in the country, at least based on draft implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Executive Order (EO) 130.  Based on the draft of the three-page IRR, the government repealed, amended, and...

Regulated use of explosives in small-scale mining areas may be allowed in the amended version of the Republic Act (RA) 7076 or the People's Small-Scale Mining Act, a top official at Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) said. This alarmed an environmental group, which said the MGB does not even have...

The environmental ‘trade off’ of the highly destructive mining sector could help the Philippine economy recover during the COVID-19 pandemic, a top official from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) said.   MGB Director Wilfredo Moncano said in an interview with state-run Philippines...