ITOGON, Benguet – Three miners were rescued from a tunnel that collapsed in Sitio Pukis, Barangay Ampucao here Friday, July 22. The Itogon Municipal Police Station identified the survivors as Benedict Palen Abuan, 44, married, private miner; Frederick Palen Abuan, 35, also a private miner,...
OTTAWA, Canada -- Miners in the Klondike gold fields of Canada's far north have made a rare discovery, digging up the mummified remains of a near complete baby woolly mammoth. This handout image released by the Government of Yukon on June 25, 2022 shows a complete baby woolly mammoth named Nun cho...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) announced on Monday, Dec. 6, the arrest of 15 illegal miners inside the Taal Volcano protected area. In a statement, the DENR said the 15 individuals were apprehended for violating Republic Act (RA) No. 11038 or the Expanded National...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has won its case filed against six miners in the Taal Volcano after a municipal court in Batangas found them guilty of illegal quarrying and extraction. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Monday welcomed the two-page decision penned by 5th...
OTTAWA, Canada -- The last of 39 miners trapped one kilometer underground in eastern Canada for nearly three days climbed to the surface early Wednesday and were greeted by family, officials said. Photo courtesy of NDTV.com Brazilian mining company Vale congratulated rescuers in a statement for...
The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP), the organization of some of the country's largest mining companies, will tap independent verifiers to review members’ compliance in meeting society’s growing expectations on the mining industry’s social, economic, and environmental performance,...
