Philippines’ Duterte suggests open-pit mining ban will stay in place

Mongabay
Apr 11, 2018, 9:53 am134 ptsTrending
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte continued his tough talk on mining this week, suggesting a ban on new open-pit metal mines will not be lifted anytime soon. “Maybe next year, maybe, I will ban open-pit mining. Sleep on it,” he told reporters in the Southeast Asian country on Apr. 9. The ban on new…

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