Tag: Mining

"We will not take this sitting down. We will not take this silently," said Bishop Cerilo Casicas of the Diocese of Marbel

The Tampakan project on Mindanao island has been described as "one of the largest undeveloped copper-gold deposits in the world"

Sand dredging is a problem in other riparian communities along the Mekong, including Cambodia, Myanmar, and Vietnam

Sources said among those who remain missing are scavengers, drivers, supervisors, and company staff

Local media and sources in the area said that 40 people were buried in the landslide, which struck around 10:30 p.m. on Monday

Justice K Murali Shankar granted bail to the accused on condition that they cooperate with the investigation team

The local government of Davao Oriental province announced that mining operations in Banaybanay town had already been shut down

While it is unclear whether the mining is officially sanctioned by the junta, it largely takes place under the cover of night

The project, under the coal operating contracts of the mining companies, covers at least 9,000 hectares of land

“We have seen our fair share of destruction of lives and ecosystems .... Are these not enough for us to finally say no to mining?"