The Philippines has lifted a ban on strip mining for copper, gold, silver and composite ores, the government's second signature policy move this year to try to revive the industry, Vilfredo Moncano, director general of the Department of Mines and Earth Sciences, said on Tuesday.
Moncano tau hais tias Philippine Ib puag ncig thiab Natural Resource Secretary Roy Tsmatto tau kos npe rau tsab ntawv txiav txim siab tshem tawm qhov txwv tsis pub rub tawm.
Tsoomfwv Philippines tau txwv txoj cai lij choj nyob rau xyoo 2017 thaum Regina Lopez, tus tuav ntaub ntawv ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Ib puag ncig thiab Natural Resources, uas saib xyuas cov mining, tawm tsam tawm tsam kev lag luam, liam tias nws ua rau muaj kev puas tsuaj thoob plaws ib puag ncig. Nws txoj kev txwv tsis pub muaj kev npau taws rau cov tuam txhab mining, uas sib cav hais tias lub teb chaws' cov tooj liab thiab kub loj heev tuaj yeem raug mined tsuas yog los ntawm qhib qhov mining.
Tsoomfwv Philippines tam sim no vam tias yuav nyiam kev nqis peev rau cov haujlwm uas raug kaw, nrog rau cov phiaj xwm tshiab mining, txhawm rau txhawb kev lag luam poob qis. Thaum lub Plaub Hlis, Philippine Thawj Tswj Hwm Rodrigo Duterte tau tshem tawm qhov kev ncua sij hawm ntawm kev cog lus mining tshiab tau tsim nyob rau xyoo 2012.
Tsoomfwv hais tias kev xa tawm cov nyiaj tau los ntawm Lub Tebchaws' kev lag luam pob zeb hauv av tuaj yeem nce ntau txog $ 2 nphom hauv ib xyoos nyob rau tsib mus rau rau xyoo tom ntej raws li cov phiaj xwm mining tshiab pib.
Lub Philippines yog Tuam Tshoj' tus neeg xa khoom loj tshaj plaws ntawm nickel ore thiab muaj tooj liab thiab kub reserves loj.
Ntau tshaj li ib feem peb ntawm lub teb chaws' s 30 lab hectares raug txheeb xyuas tias muaj" siab ntxhia peev xwm," tab sis tsawg dua 5 feem pua ntawm cov peev nyiaj tau los txog tam sim no, raws li Bureau of Mines.
