Romblon’s first school factories for metals and woodworking have been inaugurated this month, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said. Photo by Blaz Erzetic on UNSPLASH DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña reported Friday, Oct.15 that the DOST-Mimaropa (Mindoro,...
The first six months of the year have been good to the Philippines’ mining sector, with strong metal prices pushing the value of metals output up to P68.63 billion and gold and nickel, which account for most of the country’s mineral production, registering higher output from January to June....
A local machine shop in Zamboanga Sibugay is now a licensee of the Department of Science and Technology-Metals Industry Research and Development Center’s (DOST-MIRDC) abaca fiber stripping technology. (DOST-MIRDC) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said a non-exclusive limited...
Micro, small and medium enterprises in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) can now access the services being offered by the Department of Science and Technology-Metals Industry Research and Development Center’s (DOST-MIRDC) Advanced Mechatronics, Robotics and Industrial Automation...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced that it will establish the first metals and engineering innovation hub in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). (PIXABY) DOST Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña said the groundbreaking of the CAR’s first DOST-Metals and Engineering...
The Department of Science and Technology- Metals Industry Research and Development Center (DOST-MIRDC) launched and inaugurated Monday, June 14, the country’s first, world-class hub for additive manufacturing. Advanced Manufacturing Center (Photo from DOST) The Advanced Manufacturing Center, or...
Executive Order No. 13 0 The government has formally repealed the ban on open-pit mining method in the country, at least based on draft implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Executive Order (EO) 130. Based on the draft of the three-page IRR, the government repealed, amended, and...
Although the majority of the mineral commodities registered a decline in output, the value of the Philippines’ total mineral production during the first three months of 2021 managed to rise by 14.11 percent to P28.91 billion from P25.34 billion during the same period last year. This was...
Global Ferronickel Holdings, Inc. (FNI), the second-largest nickel producer in the country, is targeting to ship 6 million wet metric tons (WMT) of nickel ores this year on the back of expanded operations. This is higher than the 5.62 million WMT of nickel ores the company shipped in 2020, said FNI...
Thanks to higher ore export prices, listed mining firm Nickel Asia Corporation has booked a surge in its income last year despite the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. In a regulatory filing, Nickel Asia informed the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) that it reported an attributable net income (net of...
42% laid off workers Majority or 90.9 percent of companies are just operating at certain capacity while 42.4 percent have laid off employees either temporarily or permanently, according to a survey conducted by the Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (PhilExport). The PhilExport Survey on the...
Global Ferronickel Holdings, Inc. (FNI), through its operating arm in Surigao del Norte Platinum Group Metals Corporation (PGMC), committed to ship as much as 1.3 million wet metric tons (WMT) of nickel ore to Baosteel Resources International Co. Ltd next year. In a regulatory filing to the...
