May 25, 2013     Manila, Philippines
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Philex Mining Corporation

Friday, March 1st, 2013

After SMI-Xstrata, it is now Philex’s turn to receive go-signal to mining operations

By MARYA SALAMAT “There are actual experiences and technologies available that demonstrate how Philex can decommission the tailings dam without resuming its mining operations.” – Kalikasan PNE Read also:

Friday, March 1st, 2013

MGB go-signal to Philex: baseless, ill-advised, dangerous

Read also: After SMI-Xstrata, it is now Philex’s turn to receive go-signal to mining operations By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – Last year’s failure of Philex’s tailings dam deposited heavy metal copper in the Balog-Agno junction, the...

Saturday, November 10th, 2012

Irreversible: Environmental costs of large-scale mining

IBON Features / November 2012 Through the years, large-scale mining has caused deforestation and pollution as well as irreversible destruction to the ecology IBON Features – For spilling more than 15 million cubic meters of mine sediments...

Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

Untold story of Philex’s mine waste spill

By MARYA SALAMAT Information being provided by Philex mines and the government on...

Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

Massive mine spill foreseen yet ignored by Philex, DENR?

By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com Main Story: Untold story of Philex’s mine waste spill MANILA – Information from locals and the report of an independent fact-finding mission conducted by various groups last month show how both Philex and...

Thursday, October 4th, 2012

Philex’s 20 MT mine waste spill, ‘An act of God, or Greed?’

By MARYA SALAMAT Aside from the fact that Philex is not taking responsibility...

Friday, September 28th, 2012

Environmental group blames “Philex, not God” over tailings pond leak

“Firm Frowns Over 1B Gov’t Fines” By ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com Tuba, Benguet (September 28, 2012) – Instead of blaming “God”, the environmental advocacy group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) pointed at Philex Mining Corporation’s...

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

‘Philex’s unstable tailings dam shatters myth of responsible mining’

By MARYA SALAMAT Philex has reportedly been filling its tailings ponds to way...

Tuesday, August 14th, 2012

No such thing as ‘responsible large-scale mining’ – Cordillera Peoples’ Alliance

By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY—The Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) reiterates call for a total mining ban saying that the recent leakage of toxic waste from Philex Mining Corporation’s tailings dam 3 during the onslaught...

Tuesday, August 7th, 2012

Philex’s ‘responsible mining’ put to test in tailings dam spill

By MARYA SALAMAT ‘This recent dam failure in Padcal proves that large-scale mining...

Thursday, March 1st, 2012

Groups from Northern Luzon hold protest against mining corporations

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Some 300 members of groups opposed to irresponsible mining, and residents from various provinces in Northern Luzon, held a rally in front of the offices of well-known mining corporations...

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