Jan 13, 2021 Mining operations in Tawi-Tawi are not closely monitored by the Philippines’ Mines and Geosciences Bureau because the province is within an autonomous region. Duterte’s order does not cover the country’s nickel mining hub in Caraga region. In 2019 SR Languyan Mining Corp, one of the miners operating in Tawi-Tawi, said the island’s ore

Jan 23, 2021 Jan 23, 2021 DENR ready to help BARMM in Tawi-Tawi mining site rehab. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) maintained Saturday its willingness “to extend its expertise to help in the rehabilitation of a mined-out site on Tumbagaan Island in Tawi-Tawi, a province situated in Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).’’

Jan 12, 2021 In 2019 SR Languyan Mining Corp, one of the miners operating in Tawi-Tawi, said the island's ore deposits, which were considered high-grade material, were nearly depleted after years of

Jan 12, 2021 Duterte orders suspension of mining ops on Tawi-Tawi island. (Philstar.com) - January 12, 2021 - 2:17pm. MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a halt to mining activities

Jan 13, 2021 Jan 13, 2021 President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a stop to all mining operations on a small island in the southern Philippine province of Tawi-Tawi. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the president gave the order for the suspension of mining on Tumbagaan Island off Languyan town during the Cabinet meeting on Monday, January 11

Jan 13, 2021 President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered all mining operations stopped on a small island in Tawi-Tawi whose environment has been “completely devastated,” Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said

Sep 20, 2019 Environmentalists said nickel mining activities have destroyed the environment on Tumbagaan Island in Tawi-Tawi’s Languyan town. In 2016, the Regional Legislative Assembly had asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to issue an order stopping all destructive mining activities in the Muslim autonomous region

Sep 16, 2019 Tawi-Tawi accounted for 27% of overall nickel ore exports, totalling 15.8 million wmt, to China during the six-month period. “The suspension order was due to the ongoing review of mining

Tawi-Tawi (Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Tawi-Tawi; Tausug: Wilaya' sin Tawi-Tawi; Sinama: Jawi Jawi/Jauih Jauih) is an island province in the Philippines located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The capital of Tawi-Tawi is Bongao.. It is the southernmost province of the country, sharing sea borders with the Malaysian state of Sabah and the Indonesian North Kalimantan

The company was given a mining permit in 2010 which covers 3,483 hectares of land in Languyan, Tawi-Tawi. SR Languyan’s impending shutdown comes amid a nickel ore shortage and Indonesia’s possible ban on nickel ore exports

Aug 13, 2014 Tawi-tawi currently has the lowest poverty incidence in ARMM, posting a poverty rate of 21.9 percent in 2012. This is a remarkable improvement from its previous record in 2006, when poverty incidence in the province reached 50.2 percent. From 2012 to 2014, Hataman said ARMM has collected P105 million in taxes from the mining industry

Jan 17, 2021 Jonel Mohammad Monel, chief of the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Energy (MENRE) in Tawi-Tawi, on Friday said mining operations on the 900-hectare island of Tumbagaan started in 2012 and ended in 2015, after the proponent extracted high-grade nickel ores from its 250-hectare tenement. “There’s a progressive rehabilitation on

Jan 12, 2021 In 2019 SR Languyan Mining Corp, one of the miners operating in Tawi-Tawi, said the island’s ore deposits, which were considered high-grade material, were nearly depleted after years of

Jan 19, 2021 Environmentalists said nickel mining activities have destroyed the environment on Tumbagaan Island and other sites in Tawi-Tawi. It was unknown