Marinduque Mining

Marinduque mining disaster Calancan Bay in the northern part of MarinduqueIsland is still heavily silted from the mine tailingsof Marcopper mines that stopped

Apr 18, 2011 MARINDUQUE MINING: ELUSIVE JUSTICE, ELUSIVE DEVELOPMENT MYKE R. MAGALANG Executive SecretaryMarinduque Council for Environmental Concerns LGU-Bishops’ Conference on

For over 30 years, the Marcopper Mining Corporation has been operating on Marinduque Island in the Philippines. The mine operations there have caused innumerable

Jun 15, 2021 The Marinduque Council for Environmental Concerns, Inc. (MACEC) based in Boac, Marinduque is a support group for plaintiffs in a case filed against Barrick Gold

Mar 19, 2019 The House Committee on Natural Resources has endorsed for plenary approval a bill declaring the province of Marinduque a mining-free zone. Under Committee Report 1188

Mining-related environmental problems have greatly affected several areas on Marinduque. Most of the observed problems stem from large-scale open pit copper mining at Marcopper, and primarily affect: The Mogpog and Boac River systems, which received or are still receiving acid rock drainage, high sediment loads, and tailings

Apr 03, 2019 Marcopper Mining Corp. began its mining operations in the Mt. Tapian ore deposit in 1969. It was the first to use open pit mining in copper concentrate production, according to a briefing paper prepared by Marinduque Representative Lord Allan Jay Velasco

Mar 05, 2020 MARINDUQUE MINING AND INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION and INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES, INC., Petitioners, v. COURT OF APPEALS and NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, Respondents. This Petition for Review 1 seeks the reversal of the 27 February 2003 Decision 2 and 17 November 2003 Resolution 3 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 72402

Jul 07, 2016 Here is my other news clipping on the mining disaster that followed: “On 24 March 1996, mine tailings of the Marcopper Mining Corporation (Marcopper) began escaping from the Tapian Pit through the plugged rainwater drainage tunnel into the Makulapnit and Boac Rivers on Marinduque Island in the Philippines. While reports vary, between two and

The island of Marinduque is a very poor area and relies heavily on agriculture and fishing. Mining in the area has polluted waterways, killed fish, and flooded agricultural fields. One resident observed, over the years our lifeline--this brook used for everything from drinking to washing down buffalo

Nov 26, 2020 MINED OUT This photo taken in 2010 shows Mt. Tapian and Marcopper Mining Corp.’s open pit in Marinduque province. Access to the old Marcopper mine site

The declaration of Marinduque as a No Go Zone for Mining is but a necessary precaution for the continuous protection of what is still left from the tragic destruction caused by previous mining activities in the province. The people are suffering for three decades (3) due to irresponsible operation of the mining corporation, and the “carrying

Oct 16, 2013 The island-province of Marinduque has become known as a cautionary tale about the ravages of irresponsible mining. It took Canadian mining giant Placer Dome a couple of decades to wreak environmental destruction on major coral reefs in Calancan Bay and to severely contaminate the Mogpog and Boac Rivers with toxic mine waste—none of which has ever been cleaned up

Videos. In observance of Earth Day 2021, Marinduque Council for Environmental Concerns (MACEC) invite you to watch the video (from ABS/CBN News) on the impacts of mining operation by Marcopper/Placer Dome now Barrick Gold in Marinduque. Call to deny Marcopper MPSA application pending at the Office of the President, refiling and push for the

Jun 14, 2021 The groups also requested to remove Marinduque in the mining tenement area and declare it as a mining-free zone. Yoly Esguerra, Partnership Mission for People’s Initiatives (PMPI) national coordinator, said Marinduque should be identified as

May 03, 2019 Abstract. This paper aims (1) to look back at the 1996 Marcopper mining disaster in Marinduque and be able to point out the negligence of mine

Access to Justice Case Studies: “Marcopper Mining in Marinduque” Criminal Cases filed against the Marcopper executives pending at the Municipal Trial Court of Boac, Marinduque; Civil Case filed against Marcopper by the people of Mogpog, Marinduque at the Regional Trial Court of Marinduque; Administrative case on damage compensation claims filed by the people of Boac through the