Miners given DENR contracts; Alvarez launches Diwalwal project.
Byline: EDMER F. PANESA The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) began yesterday a program to bring back the livelihood of small-scale miners in the Diwalwal gold rush area in Monkayo, Compostela Valley, with Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Heherson T. Alvarez awarding service contracts to...

Responsible mining.
EVER since the Supreme Court made the decision to uphold the Mining Act of 1995, which allows foreign ownership, the Philippines has taken steps to revitalize the moribund mining industry. Rich in minerals, the Philippines has commercial supplies of gold, copper, nickel, and chromite waiting for extraction....

In defence of Dominica.
Until twelve months ago, few citizens of Dominica had ever heard of BHP, Australia's largest mining company and one of the world's largest copper producers. Now they fear that the company will replicate in Dominica the destruction of ecology and lifestyles caused by its Ok Tedi mine in Papua New...

Mining firm in Agusan del Norte hiring 1,300 additional workers.
Byline: MIKE U. CRISMUNDO TUBAY, Agusan del Norte - In line with President Arroyo's job-generation program, a mining firm is set to hire at least 1,300 workers for its large-scale operation in this town, it was learned yesterday. Ryan Anthony B. Culima, public and media...

Concerns over gravel mining to be aired at meeting tonight.
Byline: Karen McCowan The Register-Guard COBURG - With the city and several nearby residents concerned that McKenzie River gravel mining threatens area wells, two state legislators have called a public meeting tonight so the water users can discuss the matter with government regulators and gravel company representatives....

Peace faces the axe: large-scale logging destabilizes the Solomon Islands.
WHEN a delegation of over a dozen Solomon Island chiefs boarded the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior late last year they were seeking global support to save the Marovo Lagoon--dubbed 'the eighth wonder of the world'. They pointed to the forested hills around Marovo. They recounted stories from the 1990s...

From pick and shovel to mountaintop removal: environmental injustice in the Appalachian coalfields.
I. INTRODUCTION II. COAL MINING AND APPALACHIAN COMMUNITIES: A HISTORY AS DARK AS THE MINES THEMSELVES A. Union Battlefields in Appalachia 1. The Mine Wars: 1900-1932 2. The New Deal and the Rise of the UMWA: 1932-1941 3. The Second World War: 1940-1945 4. Postwar Economic Decline in the...

Atienza orders seizure of nickel ore worth $ 4 million.
Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Lito Atienza has ordered the confiscation, in favor of the government, of some 200,000 metric tons of nickel ore worth about $ 4 million. Atienza ordered the confiscation after the mining firm, A3 UNA Corp., failed to produce appropriate documents covering the...

Moving mountains: how do you protect a national park whose biggest threat comes from energy development in another country?
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The sharp crack of splintering pine rouses me from a deep, restful sleep. Lifting out of my down sleeping bag, I watch Dan Weinberg take another swing of the axe. By the time I crawl out of my tent, the state senator from Montana has...

Recent developments in Brazil's oil & gas industry: Brazil appears to be stemming the tide of resource nationalism.
I. INTRODUCTION: BRAZIL'S PROMINENCE IN GLOBAL OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT II. BACKGROUND: CREATION OF A SAFE HARBOR FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT A. Development of Brazil's Legal Infrastructure B. Petrobras & International Competition III. BRAZIL'S ENERGY MARKET: A SEA OF OPPORTUNITY A. Crude Oil: A Rising World Power B. Natural Gas...