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"We must investigate how these extractives were allowed to acquire, operate, and abandon tenements in geologically hazardous areas without sufficient risk-mitigating measures."
“Small-scale miners actually attempted to apply for regulations via an application for a ‘Minahang Bayan.’ But Benguet Corp., as tenement holder of the area, opposed this to maintain their control over the area’s mineral resources.”
CPA sees these awards as deceptive and a cover up for the worst environmental track record of LCMC and Benguet Corporation.
The City Council of Itogon urged the Department of Health Cordillera Administrative Region (DOH-CAR) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources -CAR (DENR-CAR) to conduct a joint investigation and evaluation of the refinery plant of Benguet Corporation at Balatoc Virac Itogon, Benguet.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Some 300 members of groups opposed to irresponsible mining, and residents from various provinces in Northern Luzon, held a rally in front of the offices of well-known mining corporations in Manila earlier this week...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by: Bulatlat.com SAGADA, Mountain Province ? People from three municipalities of this province oppose the exploration activities of a subsidiary of Anglo American PLC mining company in their communities. The Cordillera...
Benguet Corporation (BC) earns P15,000 ($267.86 based on a $1:P56 exchange rate) each day or P450,000 a month from “entrance fees” it collects from 1,000 small-scale miners who work its L-070 open pit mine site in Sitio Antamok, Brgy. Loacan in Itogon, Benguet. BY...
In the wake of the disaster that claimed six miners, a Benguet Corporation (BC) top executive said on Oct. 3 that the company would be closing down all entries to the Antamok underground mines below Level 400. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat...
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