Issues On Nickel Mining In Sta Cruz Zambales

The majority of the people of Zambales are against mining because of the environmental destruction that mining has already caused in Infanta, Santa Cruz and Candelaria. Now WestChinamin proposes to expand mining and to build a Ferro Nickel Plant in Candelaria. Please listen to and side with the people of Zambales.

Mar 19, 2017 Trucks and a back hoe load rocks and soil containing nickel-ore minerals into a barge in the mining town of Sta Cruz Zambales in the northern Philippines. Photo: Reuters

Jul 22, 2013 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 ...

Dec 11, 2017 Mining Disasters in Zambales and Eastern Samar. December 13, 2017. January 3, 2018. National. A view of nickel-ore mine Zambales Diversified Metals Corporation ordered closed by Environment secretary Regina Lopez in Sta Cruz Zambales in northern Philippines February 7, 2017. Picture taken February 7, 2017. Erik De Castro, Reuters.

Provincial capitols may issue SSMPs under the People’s Small-Scale Mining Act of 1991. But these are supposed to be within the zone for subsistence miners, who employ only brawn, picks, and shovels. The Zambales nickel miners in Masinloc and Sta. Cruz towns use sophisticated excavators, crushers, loaders, and explosives.

The Santa Cruz Nickel Prospect is in Zambales, Philippines. Preliminary development has taken place such as surface trenching, adits, shafts, drill holes, geophysics, geochemistry, or geological mapping. Enough data has been gathered to estimate grade and tonnage. Mine …

Jul 09, 2016 BenguetCorp Nickel Mines and Zambales Diversified Metals must also address issues with their tree-cutting and earth-balling operations. Related: Mining has place in …

Jul 31, 2007 31st July 2007. STA. CRUZ, Zambales – Gov. Amor Deloso has ordered the closure of the alleged illegal operations of at least five mining firms in this province, including that of a Taiwanese company engaged in exporting high-priced local minerals abroad. Deloso ordered the closure after he and joint elements of the Philippine Army and local ...

Oct 04, 2017 Residents of Santa Cruz town in Zambales stop hauling trucks from getting out of a mining site. The appeal is submitted by Concerned Citizens of Sta. Cruz, Zambales …

Feb 16, 2017 In March 2016, the Center for Environmental Concerns (CEC) released the results of its fact-finding mission done after the October 2015 flooding, and declared that “the ecological destruction caused by the decade-long nickel mining in Sta. Cruz aggravates the impact of natural calamities” (Bulatlat.com, March 4, 2016).

(PDF) THE HEALTH PROBLEMS OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE MINING. In 2015, as published by Zambales Mining Investigation, residents of Sta. Cruz, Zambales complained against nickel mining in their area as cases of leukemia and skin irritation rise.Diseases in the Integumentary System Mean Description Non-Healing Wound 1.27 Never Skin Rashes 3.87 Often Severe Itchiness Of The Skin 2.6 …

Aug 18, 2009 STA. CRUZ, ZAMBALES —- Nickel is not doing too well in the world market these days, but residents here do not seem to mind, even though nickel has become one of this town’s major revenue earners. That’s because whenever nickel commands top dollar, red dust smothers the town’s main highway and the pier, and red mud cakes the roads.

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.

Mining mayhem triggers. eco-disaster in Zambales. STA. CRUZ, ZAMBALES – Nickel is not doing too well in the world market these days, but residents here do not seem to mind, even though nickel has become one of this town’s major revenue earners. That’s because whenever nickel commands top dollar, red dust smothers the town’s main highway ...

Jun 21, 2016 The respondents to the petition are Benguet Corporation Nickel Mines Inc. (BNMI), Eramen Minerals Inc. (EMI), LNL Archipelago Minerals Inc. (LAMI), Zambales Diversified Metals Corp. (ZDMC) and Shangfil Mining and Trading Corp. The petition was filed by concerned citizens of Sta. Cruz (Zambales) in connection with alleged mining practices.

Santa Cruz Zambales, Philippines Benguetcorp Nickel Mines, Inc. – Candelaria, Zambales Eramen Minerals, Inc. – Bolitoc, Sta. Cruz, Zambales DMCI Mining Corporation – Sta. Cruz, Zambales Cato, Pangasinan, Philippines LNL Archipelago Minerals, Inc. Palawan, Philippines Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corporation (Nickel Asia Corporation) – Rio ...

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.

Jul 22, 2013 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 A statement by Zambales governor, Amor Deloso became hot topic when he revealed that the Chinese government is allegedly using Philippine soil extracted from the mountains of Sta. Cruz, Zambales to build their artificial islands on Scarborough Shoal. UNTV News & Rescue travelled to Zambales to personally confirm the claims of Gov. Deloso regarding the […] The post Drone captures sorry state ...

three environmental water pollution events as cases (nickel and chromium mining in Sta. Cruz, Zambales; gold mining in Padcal, Benguet Province, and the biophysi -

The Santa Cruz Nickel Prospect is in Zambales, Philippines. Preliminary development has taken place such as surface trenching, adits, shafts, drill holes, geophysics, geochemistry, or geological mapping. Enough data has been gathered to estimate grade and tonnage. Mine …

Apr 22, 2018 FILE PHOTO: A truck loads rocks and soil containing nickel-ore minerals into a barge in the mining town of Sta Cruz Zambales in northern Philippines February 8, 2017.

Oct 04, 2017 Residents of Santa Cruz town in Zambales stop hauling trucks from getting out of a mining site. The appeal is submitted by Concerned Citizens of Sta. Cruz, Zambales …

Jul 03, 2009 DMCI Mining Corp., a unit of the Consunji family-owned holding firm DMCI Holdings Inc., has suspended its nickel and ore mining operations in Sta. Cruz, Zambales due to continuing depressed base ...

Feb 16, 2017 In March 2016, the Center for Environmental Concerns (CEC) released the results of its fact-finding mission done after the October 2015 flooding, and declared that “the ecological destruction caused by the decade-long nickel mining in Sta. Cruz aggravates the impact of natural calamities” (Bulatlat.com, March 4, 2016).

(PDF) THE HEALTH PROBLEMS OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE MINING. In 2015, as published by Zambales Mining Investigation, residents of Sta. Cruz, Zambales complained against nickel mining in their area as cases of leukemia and skin irritation rise.Diseases in the Integumentary System Mean Description Non-Healing Wound 1.27 Never Skin Rashes 3.87 Often Severe Itchiness Of The Skin 2.6 …

Jun 21, 2016 The respondents to the petition are Benguet Corporation Nickel Mines Inc. (BNMI), Eramen Minerals Inc. (EMI), LNL Archipelago Minerals Inc. (LAMI), Zambales Diversified Metals Corp. (ZDMC) and Shangfil Mining and Trading Corp. The petition was filed by concerned citizens of Sta. Cruz (Zambales) in connection with alleged mining practices.

Aug 08, 2016 ZAMBALES, Philippines — The statement of Zambales Governor Amor Deloso had created a ruckus when he said that the soil used to fill the Scarborough shoal was from the mountains in Sta. Cruz. Governor Deloso specifically mentioned the mountains of Brgy. Guisguis and Brgy. Guinabon that had almost flattened. “The effect was the mountains have […] The post Sta. Cruz, Zambales mining …

Jul 08, 2021 A view of nickel ore stockpiles at a mine in Sta Cruz, Zambales, Feb. 7, 2017. — REUTERS/ERIK DE CASTRO. THE MINING INDUSTRY is pushing for key policy changes that will boost the sector’s growth and help the economy recover faster from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.. Eulalio B. Austin, Jr., Philex Mining Corp. president and chief executive o ffi cer, said the …

May 25, 2016 Writ of Kalikasan filed vs mining firms, Zambales, DENR officials. CCOS chairman Dr. Ben Molino and his co-petitioners say the continued mining operations in Sta. Cruz, Zambales …