Gov't urged to settle open-pit mining ban

MANILA, Philippines - The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) is calling on the government to end the conflict between provincial ordinances banning open-pit mining which contradict national law and to grant the critical environmental permit for the Tampakan project so as not to discourage investments in the mining sector. 

The COMP said in a statement yesterday that the ban on open pit mining in the province of South Cotabato was publicly acknowledged by the government to be contrary to the Philippine Mining Act of 1995.

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