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The Philippines’ nickel output declined in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but thanks to higher global prices, its full-year export value went up to P25 billion. Citing data from Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA) revealed that the country’s...

With higher exports and few layoffs, the country's mining sector has remained largely unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic, a mining official said. In a webinar hosted by Arangkada Philippines, Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) Chairman Gerard Brimo said on Wednesday that the mining sector...

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...

Despite the pandemic, the Philippines, the world’s top nickel producer and one of the most highly mineralized countries globally, may still end up with the same output of 40 million to 45 million wet metric tons (WMT) of nickel ore this year.  Moreover, nickel mining firms may even book...