Yet another mining agreement has been approved by the Philippine government for a project intensely opposed by local people. Less than a week was granted for the project’s public assessment. As with an earlier such agreement, handed down to Xstrata plc for its Tampakan copper-gold mine, the corporate beneficiary is a British company – this time Metals Exploration plc. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=9107
Another British company allowed to mine in Philippines despite intense opposition
Mar 18, 2009 | News