issues on nickel mining in sta cruz zambales

PRELIMINARY LIST OF ENVIRONMENTAL CRITICAL PROJECTS .

Sep 19, 2018· 16. 1202- 0004 Sungtai Nickel Mining Project Sungtai Processing and Trading Corporation (SPTC) Sta Cruz and Candelaria, Zambales 4/25/2013 17. 1303- 0006 Increase in Cement Plant Capacity and Quarry Production Project - Bulacan Plant Holcim Philippines, Inc. Brgys., Matictic and Bangkal, Municipality of Norzagaray and Brgy.

Zambales folk want mining firms to stay – The Manila Times

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

Santa Cruz, Zambales nickel mining impacts sustainable ...

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.

Zambales loses P250M livelihood to mining – The Manila Times

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.

Philippine nickel miners to restart coronavirus-shuttered ...

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 ...

Philippine Nickel Industry Report - Metal Bulletin

LNL / Filipinas Mining Sta. Cruz Eramen Sta. Cruz Zambales Diversified Sta. Cruz BenguetCorp Nickel Mines Inc. Sta. Cruz PGMC Cagdianao Nickel Asia –CMC Cagdianao Shuley Mine Nonoc AAM-Phil Dinagat Sinosteel H.Y. Nickel Nickel Asia –HMC Tagana-an Coral Bay HPAL Plant Nickel Asia - RTN Rio Tuba Berong Nickel Corp Berong Citinickel Toronto ...

Drone captures sorry state of Zambales mountains allegedly ...

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.

Five Mining Firms Ordered Closed In Zambales

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 ...

SC to Zambales mining firms: Prove you're not harming ...

The petitioners said mining operations have caused much destruction in the mountains, watershed, forests, farmlands, water systems and livelihood of all residents of Sta. Cruz and posed continuing ...

DENR lifts suspension on DMCI mining unit | BusinessWorld

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.

Environmental destruction continues in Zambales due to mining

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.

Mining mayhem triggers eco-disaster in Zambales | News ...

Zambales, widely held to be rich in nickel, chrome, gold and other mineral deposits, has lured a bevy of mining companies big and small. But the surge in mining operations is now taking its toll on the livelihood, the environment, and the safety and well-being of the residents. Part one of a two-part PCIJ report by Jaileen F. Jimeno.

DMCI suspends nickel mining operations in 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 ...

Zambales governor issues executive order to suspend mining

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 ...

Environmental destruction continues in Zambales due to mining

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.

DIRECTORY OF METALLIC OPERATING MINES IN THE .

Sta. Cruz, Zambales Nickel Enrique C. Fernandez President 3rd Flr. Alpap Bldg., Leviste Street, Salcedo Village, Makati City Tel. No: 817-1180 Fax No: 840-4549 Under Suspension by MGB-DENR 19 ZAMBALES DIVERSIFIED METALS CORPORATION MPSA No. 191-2004-III Sta. Cruz and Candelaria, Zambales Chromite and nickel Cesar F. Simbulan, Jr. President

What's stopping the Philippines from mining its riches ...

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

The 'red sea' consequence of nickel mining in Zambales

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 ...

DENR SUSPENDS TWO MINING FIRMS IN ZAMBALES

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.

De Lima slams nickel mining project in Zambales: Pati ba ...

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.

Supreme Court issues Writ of Kalikasan against 5 mining ...

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.

Guv to mining firms: Build plant in Zambales, hire local ...

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 ...

Drone captures sorry state of Zambales mountains allegedly ...

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 mining in Zambales blamed for mud-flood in typhoon ...

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