Open-pit mining ban lifted in Philippine province, clearing way for copper project

Mongabay
May 18, 2022, 12:19 pm371 pts
MINDANAO, Philippines – Legislators in the southern Philippine province of South Cotabato moved this week to overturn a 12-year-old provincial ban on open-pit mining that has for years stalled the development of a $5.9 billion copper and gold mine. The May 16 decision to lift the ban came five months after…

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