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The Tampakan gold and copper deposit is situated in the mountains surrounding the town Tampakan in the South Cotabato province in the Philippines. [5] The deposit was discovered in November 1990 by the Australian company Western Mining Corporation (WMC), who acquired mining rights in Tampakan through a Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) with the Philippine government. [6]
The island is a known eco-tourism spot and is home to the Mataas cave, one of Albay's only two caves open to the public. [1] Local authorities tried to exclude it from marble mining operations in line with Republic Act 7942 or the Philippine Mining Act of 1995. [2]
A year before the disaster, the Philippine Mining Act was enacted to push for the liberalization of the country's mining industry. [1] The Marcopper mining disaster led to significant changes in the government's mining policies. [1] The disaster prompted government to revise the rules of the Mining Act to focus more on the protection of the ...
The first coal mining law, Act No. 2719, known as the Coal Land Act, dates back to 1917. [1] [5]Oil exploration was allowed by Act No. 2932 of 1920. [1] [6]An older law, Act. No. 4243, was repealed by The Mining Act, Commonwealth Act No. 137 in 1936, [7] as amended several times by acts and decrees.
The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) is a government agency of the Philippines under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The MGB is responsible for the conservation, management, development, and use of the country's mineral resources, including those in reservations and public lands.
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It is a coalition composed of non-governmental organizations, church groups, and academic institutions and is the largest anti-mining advocacy network in the country. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Alyansa Tigil Mina began as a loose collective that began meeting in 2004 to address threats posed to sustainable development initiatives by the revival of mining ...
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act (Philippines) (Republic Act No. 11285) Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Republic Act No. 9136) Executive Order No. 101, s. 2020 (Creating an Inter-Agency Task Force on Zero Hunger) Executive Order No. 104, s. 2020 (Improving Acess to Healthcare through the Regulation of Prices in the Retail of Drugs and ...