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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.
Open pit mine in Toledo, Cebu. The following list of mines in the Philippines is subsidiary to the Lists of mines in Asia article and Lists of mines articles. This list contains working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output(s) and province.
Wellex Industries, Inc. is a Filipino company engaged in mining and oil exploration in the Philippines. Currently headquartered in Ortigas Center, Pasig City, it is one of The Wellex Group's six major business segments. [2] The company was founded in October 1956 as Republic Resources and Development Corporation (also known as REDECO
The Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC) is a mining company based in the Philippines. The company, a subsidiary of DMCI Holdings , operates its main coal mine in Semirara Island and is the biggest coal producer in the Philippines accounting for 92 percent of the total national production as of 2015.
The Philippines consumes more coal than it can produce and coal is the main source of electricity. 20% of the country's coal supply is used by the cement industry (in 2005). [ 1 ] As of September 31, 2005, the in situ coal reserves of the Philippines amounts to 458 million metric tons which is about 18% of the country's total coal resource ...
Coal mining in the Philippines (1 C, 2 P) M. Mines in the Philippines (4 C, 2 P) Mining communities in the Philippines (16 P) Mining companies of the Philippines (1 C ...
Founded in 1903 as the Benguet Consolidated Mining Company [2] by three American G.I.s following the Philippine-American War, [1] it is the oldest mining company in the country. The company operates gold mines in Benguet province and Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte ; chromite mines in Masinloc, Zambales ; and copper mines in San Marcelino ...
The industry rebounded starting in late 2004 when the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of an important law permitting foreign ownership of Philippines mining companies. [80] In 2019, the country was the 2nd largest world producer of nickel [81] and the 4th largest world producer of cobalt. [82]