{"id":174776,"date":"2018-08-03T02:09:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T06:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=174776"},"modified":"2018-08-03T02:09:40","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T06:09:40","slug":"mining-council-reviews-mining-firms-audit-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/03\/mining-council-reviews-mining-firms-audit-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Mining council reviews mining firms&#8217; audit results"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_125143\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125143\" style=\"width: 2265px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ASC_0732-92717acd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125143\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ASC_0732-92717acd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2265\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ASC_0732-92717acd.jpg 2265w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ASC_0732-92717acd-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ASC_0732-92717acd-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ASC_0732-92717acd-1024x678.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2265px) 100vw, 2265px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-125143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meanwhile, Cimatu said the DENR has yet to come up with a formal order banning open pit mining, saying this is \u201cstill a work in progress\u201d. He added that \u201cthe one that will give a decision on this is the President.\u201d (File photo: PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has yet to decide the fate of the 26 mining companies ordered closed by former Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Regina Lopez.<\/p>\n<p>This was stressed by DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu in an interview by journalists after a meeting of the inter-agency Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC), which he co-chaired with Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Carlos Dominguez III on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, the final results of a review conducted by Technical Working Groups (TWGs) on the operations of concerned mining firms were presented.<\/p>\n<p>Cimatu said it is still premature to render a decision because they will still compare this with the result of a previous study. He said they \u201cwill be relying heavily on their report\u201d and will announce the decision \u201cas soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether the results of the review and the final decision will be presented to President Rodrigo R. Duterte, Cimatu said this will be up to the MICC members.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Cimatu said the DENR has yet to come up with a formal order banning open pit mining, saying this is \u201cstill a work in progress\u201d. He added that \u201cthe one that will give a decision on this is the President.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Rodrigo Duterte, in his third State of the Nation Address last July, warned that \u201crestrictive policies\u201d will be implemented for the mining sector to protect the environment and the country\u2019s resources.<\/p>\n<p>Cimatu said he already met with stakeholders and has asked for an alternative to open pit mining and on how to assist communities around mining areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo this is the combination of extracting mineral without using open pit mining and at the same time improving the livelihood of the community around the mining site,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has yet to decide the fate of the 26 mining companies &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":125143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","mauthors-joann-villanueva","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}