Large-scale miners have shown renewed interest in going full blast in their operations during the first few months of the Marcos administration. READ:
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – Large-scale miners have shown renewed interest in going full blast in their operations during the first few months of the Marcos administration. Across Mindanao, they have asked local governments to ease restrictions and allow explorations and mineral extractions on a massive scale.
SMI’s board of directors is chaired by former defense secretary Gilbert Teodoro, a 2010 presidential candidate. Teodoro ran for senator in May under the Uniteam ticket of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte. The Tampakan project was stalled when the South Cotabato provincial board banned open-pit mining in the province through an ordinance in 2010. Subsequently, the late environment secretary Gina Lopez canceled the Tampakan project’s environment clearance certificate .
On its website, SMI says, “If developed, the Tampakan Project has the potential to make a significant contribution to the economic prosperity of the Philippines and enable a better future for the people of southern Mindanao.” San Miguel Energy Corporation has reportedly started clearing operations on vast tracts of land in the province.
Billionaire and influential businessman Ramon Ang, the president of San Miguel Corporation , is also the head of SMC Global Power Holdings.
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