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ZAMBALES -- Vice-presidential aspirant Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan on Tuesday said that black sand mining along the Zambales coastlines must be stopped completely in order …Web
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Coastal Erosion caused...
Coastal Erosion caused by sand mining in Zambales . We visited Botolan to document the impacts of offshore and on land sand mining operations in the town. This is what they have been experiencing through the years. These photos of dredgers and equipments for offshore sand mining are from the library of the Augusto Camara Foundation Inc. Massive ...Web
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Mining mayhem triggers eco-disaster in Zambales
Zambales, though, does not seem to believe it needs to follow these laws. Since 2007, it has been one-month small-scale mining permits that allow a holder to …Web
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Fight against environmental degradation prevails
Mining is an industry that kills people, nature and our peaceful existence. Mining in Zambales is a billion-dollar industry that starts with the construction of a jetty port, a landmark infrastructure to ferry out extracted blacksand and lahar, gold, nickel ore, chromium and copper from Zambales shores and mountains to other parts of the world.Web
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Stop black sand mining in Zambales: Pangilinan
Zambales residents have been calling for the imposition of a ban against exporting black sand ore and its derivatives. Black sand ore is also called magnetite, an ore of iron used in steel production.Web
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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) REPUBLIC OF THE …
Studies made by environmental groups in areas with black sand mining activities show that black sand mining operations contribute greatly to the depletion of fishery resources, erosion of land and severe flooding. It is even predicted that areas mined for magnetite or black sand could sink and be underwater within 30 toWeb
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Zambales folk say port project will harm environment, agri
The protesters said the construction of a port in an area that would also include portions of nearby San Felipe town could be a prelude to black sand mining, calling it "destructive and illegal ...Web
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Pangilinan: Black sand mining in Zambales must be stopped …
Aspiring vice president Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan has expressed opposition over the black sand mining activities along the Zambales coastline, saying it must be stopped completely. Pangilinan aired his opposition during an interview with a local radio station in Zambales on Tuesday, April 19. "We are against the unabated black …Web
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Colmenares reports presence of Chinese dredging, …
"Residents in Cagayan, Ilocos, Pangasinan, Zambales, Leyte, and Negros have long been complaining about China's destructive black sand mining activities, but they have been ignored," the ...Web
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Characterization of Black Sand Mining Activities and Their
Magnetite is a type of iron ore and a valuable commodity that occurs naturally in black sand beaches in the Philippines. However, black sand mining often takes place illegally and increases the likelihood and magnitude of geohazards, such as land subsidence, which augments the exposure of local communities to sea level rise and to …Web
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DENR insists Zambales jetty project legal; environmentalists slam
PAMPANGA, Philippines – The ongoing jetty port/causeway road project in Zambales province is covered by legal documents and complied with President Rodrigo Duterte's order to expedite ...Web
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Mining mayhem triggers eco-disaster in Zambales
Since 2007, a smarting Marty has not issued a mining permit, save for one that went to the firm A3UNA Mining Corporation, which is on the DENR's list of eight companies permitted to do large-scale mining in Zambales. But miners big and small have nevertheless invaded his town, waving papers from the capitol or from barangay officials.Web
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Stop black sand mining in Zambales: Pangilinan
Stop black sand mining in Zambales: Pangilinan. ZAMBALES -- Vice-presidential aspirant Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan on Tuesday said that black sand mining along the Zambales coastlines must be stopped completely in order to prevent environmental degradation which impacts on farming and the rest of the agriculture sector.Web
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Gov. Ebdane: 'Proper mining regulation necessary in …
IBA, Zambales —Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. again called for proper regulation of mining operations in Zambales after a shipload of nickel laterite ore mined in Candelaria town and bound for China ...Web
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De Lima seeks Senate probe on mining in Zambales allegedly …
The detained lawmaker filed Senate Resolution 720 to look into the alleged illegal mining operations in Candelaria, Zambales as well as the systemic review of pending and on-going large-scale mining projects in the country. ... which seeks to cut the illegal black sand mining operations in Cagayan and Ilocos Sur.—AOL, GMA News. …Web
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The Impacts of Global Sand Mining – The Maritime Review
However, black sand mining often takes place illegally, which increases the risks and magnitude of threats, such as gradual or sudden land subsidence which as a result of erosion, exposes the coastal communities to rising sea levels and typhoons. ... isolating Bataan and Zambales from the rest of Luzon during the rainy season," Commo.Web
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Mining Black Sand, Lingayen, Philippines
The black sand of coastal villages facing the Lingayen Gulf, Philippines, is being mined for magnetite, a highly-valuable mineral used by industrial companies. The once pristine beaches are now destroyed and coastal erosion alarms residents…. The Lingayen Gulf is an extension of the South China Sea on Luzon in the Philippines …Web
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Firms mining watershed, forest areas of Zambales
STA. CRUZ, ZAMBALES – For nearly two years now, Leonardo Lustria Jr., manager of the Sta. Cruz water district, has been at his wit's end trying to find ways to protect the town's watershed, which feeds Sta. Cruz's two irrigation systems and provides local folk with potable water. Some 20 kms from the town proper, the Sta. Cruz …Web
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Ebdane freezes mining in Zambales
Chromites, magnetite or black sand, copper, talc, nickel and gold are a few minerals being extracted in the province while armored rock and sand are among the …Web
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Sen. Raffy Tulfo dares DENR to stop black sand mining
The senator noted that black sand mining is rife in several parts of the country, particularly in Zambales, Cagayan, Ilocos, and Mindoro. READ: Pangasinan execs protest massive black sand mining ...Web
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Foreigners nabbed for black sand extraction in Zambales
Ten foreigners, most of them Chinese, were arrested by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation for extracting black sand and lahar from a river in Zambales province. ... (Mining Act of 1995).Web
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Black sand mining in the Philippines | Philstar
There are many black sand mining operations going on around the country. In Zambales, the mining operation involves the extraction of magnetite iron ores from lahar sands …Web
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De Lima calls for Senate investigation on black sand mining in …
Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima called for a Senate investigation on the detrimental and disastrous effects of the recently approved black sand mining project in Lingayen Gulf. De Lima filed Proposed Senate Resolution (SR) No. 920 directing the Senate Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change to investigate the said ...Web
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De Lima seeks probe into alleged links of mining operations in Zambales
De Lima seeks probe into alleged links of mining operations in Zambales to illegal construction of Chinese infrastructures in WPS. ... De Lima created a task force led by the National Bureau of Investigation to lead a crackdown against several illegal black sand mining operators in Cagayan and Ilocos Sur. The move led to the filing of charges ...Web
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MGB orders strict enforcement of black sand mining rules
June 12, 2014 | 12:00am. MANILA, Philippines - The national government has ordered local government chief executives to strictly enforce restrictions on black sand and beach mining to prevent the ...Web
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Mineral Characterization of Black Sands from Zambales and Leyte
Mineralogical work yielded the common minerals present in the black sand beaches of Zambales and Leyte, such as quartz, plagioclase, pyroxene, olivine, …Web
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San Narciso, Zambales fishermen, resort owners reject proposed …
Aside from the lovely beaches for surfing and sunsets, Zambales has been known as a haven for black sand miners from China.Web
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The dark side of black sand mining | Val A. Villanueva
The MGB under Duterte says it will conduct a thorough review of black sand mining, finishing what the government of Benigno Aquino III started in its crackdown on miners that violate environmental ...Web
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Black Sand Mineral Characterization | Request PDF
This study aims to determine the kind and quantity of heavy minerals, iron, trace elements, and REEs in Philippine black sands. Sand samples from Zambales and …Web
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PH detains 18 Chinese for illegal mining
The Philippines detains 18 Chinese men on suspicion of illegal black sand mining in Aparri, Cagayan. Open ... Authorities arrested 80 Chinese miners from one chromite mine in Zambales in 2010, and ...Web
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