Pascual, Ludwig John H.; Domingo, Sonny N.; Manejar, … - 2022
An order "Banning the Open-pit Method of Mining for Copper, Gold, Silver, and Complex Ores in the Country" was issued … past environmental disasters caused by mining operations, which were then employing the open-pit mining method and … projects that would employ the open-pit mining method. On December 23, 2021, the ban was lifted on the premise that the …