ferro-alloys.com:The Philippine government has cancelled the environmental permits for four more mining projects, including one planned nickel venture, as the world’s top nickel ore supplier deepens a months-long crackdown on the resources sector.
The four revoked ECCs include one for Norwegian firm Intex Resources’ proposed $2.5-billion nickel mine on Mindoro island in the central Philippines.
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Regina Lopez told a media briefing the project would damage the environment as it would be located on a watershed.
The three other ECCs cancelled on Wednesday were for a gold mine, a coal producer and an iron and copper project.
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