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Townsfolk of adjacent Masinloc, Zambales, and Infanta, Pangasinan, also suffer. Muddied coastal waters drive small fishermen farther out to sea. But in the vicinity of Bajo de Masinloc, Chinese warships shell them back to shore. The Philippines is now China's main source of nickel. The five Chinese mines in Sta. Cruz contribute a sizeable portion.

Aug 08, 2016· According to Deody Solee, resident manager of Sta. Cruz Nickel Mining Project-Zambales, an affiliate of LNL Archipelago Minerals Inc., while it is true that the soil coming from their mining site was brought to China, he asserted that it was not brought to the Scarborough shoal.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has suspended two nickel mining firms in Zambales. Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Director Leo Jasareno identified the two suspended mining firms as the Zambales Diversified Metals Corporation (ZDMC) and the Benguetcorp Nickel Mines, Inc, (BNMI). MGB is a line bureau under the DENR.

The Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) expressed dismay over a 2018 Court of Appeals decision rejecting the appeal of local residents of Sta. Cruz, Zambales and Infanta, Pangasinan for the issuance of a Writ of Kalikasan with Permanent Environmental Protection Order against all mining operations in the northern part of the province.

Jan 06, 2018· According to data released by Department of Agriculture, nickel mining in Sta. Cruz, Zambales is causing the loss of 8,000 tons of palay (rice) production annually worth Php 200 million (US$ 5M). Sta. Cruz has lost production in an estimated 1,000 hectares of irrigated rice lands.

Four mining agreements signed with Chinese companies which showed the government's support for mining activities in the country could bring in $14 billion in investments within the next five years.

STA. CRUZ, Zambales: Mine workers are seeking the continued operations of three nickel mining companies here.

Five mining companies in Zambales blamed for the destruction of the enrivonment in the area now risk of being shut down. Acting on a petition of the residents of Sta. Cruz, Zambales, the Supreme Court issued a Writ of Kalikasan against Benguet Nickel Mines Inc., Eramen Minerals Inc., LNL Archipelago Minerals Inc., Zambales Diversified Metals Corp. and Shangfil Mining and Trading Corp.

ZDMC is a nickel mine site in the municipality of Sta. Cruz in Zambales. It covers 8.58% of the total land area with a mineral resource of about 46.45 million metric tons (MT) based on its Annual Mineral Reserve Inventory Report of December 2016. It was one of the mine sites that were suspended by the DENR in November 2018.

LNL 's Sta.Cruz Nickel Mining Project resident manager, Deody Solee confirmed that the soils extracted from their mines are being transported to China. However, Solee strongly denies they are being used on Scarborough Shoal. "There's no truth to that. Can you imagine yung lupa ang itatabon nila dun, na madaling anurin ng dagat yun.

Jul 27, 2014· The Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Luzon (DENR-EMB 3) and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), have suspended the nickel mining operations of four mining firms in Central Luzon for failing to remove nickel laterite that silted farms, rivers, fishponds and coastal areas in Sta ...

To date, because of the nickel mining: Sta. Cruz, Zambales is losing 8,000 tons of palay (rice paddy) production annually worth Php 200-million (US$5M). It has also suffered an estimated loss of Php 20-million (US$ 0.5M) from fish production in three major rivers and at least Php 30-million (or US$0.75M) (each hectare earning a net of Php ...

Residents urge Zambales gov't to stop provincial mining operations. The appeal is submitted by Concerned Citizens of Sta. Cruz, Zambales (CCOS) and other Peoples' Organizations in the area who ...

Jan 05, 2018· According to data released by Department of Agriculture, nickel mining in Sta. Cruz, Zambales is causing the loss of 8,000 tons of palay (rice) production annually worth Php 200 million (US$ 5M). Sta. Cruz has lost production in an estimated 1,000 hectares of irrigated rice lands.

Apr 28, 2020· A view of nickel ore stockpiles at a port in Sta Cruz Zambales in northern Philippines February 8, 2017. ... The Philippines' top two nickel miners said on Tuesday they expect to gradually resume mining and shipping operations in the country's main ore-producing region starting on May 1, following shutdowns to prevent the spread of the ...

Jan 07, 2018· SANTA CRUZ, Zambales: Destructive nickel mining operations in this town have resulted in farmers and fisherfolk here losing an estimated P250 million worth of livelihood annually, according to an alliance of mining-affected communities. The Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM), in a statement released to The Manila Times, said environmental destruction continues in Zambales because of mining.

At least two netizens on May 3 reshared a seven-year-old opinion piece about Chinese companies using dummy Filipino firms to mine for nickel in Sta Cruz, Zambales province. Without context, the posts mislead readers into thinking that it is a recent article, coming just days after the Philippine government protested Beijing's establishment of ...

Aug 08, 2016· With the help of a drone, UNTV was able to capture the extent of damage that Eramen Minerals Incorporated and Bengetcorp Nickel Mines Incorporated have purportedly inflicted on .

Nickel extraction continues in the rich, arable land of Sta Cruz, Zambales despite the destruction caused to the agriculture and fisheries sector. Description: Sta. Cruz is a 1st class municipality with rich arable land that is condusive for farming.

Environmental advocates and residents of Sta. Cruz town in Zambales in Central Luzon on Friday blamed nickel mining operations in the province for the thick reddish-brown mud-flood covering streets in some barangays there. Photo collage from the Facebook page of Dr. Molino

Last February, residents of Barangay Bayto in Santa Cruz town barricaded their streets to prevent the hauling trucks of a mining company from transporting nickel ore to the port owned by Zambales ...

Jan 19, 2018· "It is a long history of mining industry in Zambales, but the tragedy that happened in Sta. Cruz is what I don't want to happen again," he said. Deloso was referring to the period sometime in October 2015, in the aftermath of super typhoon Lando, when about 20 barangays in the town of Sta. Cruz were devastated by mud flood and other ...

Jun 22, 2016· The Sta. Cruz residents accused the respondents of violating provisions of the Mining Act of 1995 for practices that cause, among others, "water, air and soil pollution, heavy laterite siltation ...

The task force said that new mining operations have become rampant in the towns of Castillejos, San Marcelino, San Antonio, Cabangan, Botolan, Masinloc, Candelaria and Sta. Cruz. "Zambales is known for its abundance in natural resources, which attract many local and foreign investors but none of these companies have brought in economic progress ...
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