4 firms blamed for mud flows

Concerned citizens of Zambales over the weekend strongly urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to put an end to the mining operations of four companies because they are the cause of massive mud flows in the province.

In a statement, Benito Molino, chairman of Concerned Citizens of Santa Cruz (CCOS), said Zambales Diversified Metals Corp., Benguet Corp. Nickel Mines Inc., Eramen Minerals Inc. and LNL Archipelago Minerals Inc. “can no longer deny the link between their operations and the environmental destructions and disasters that we are experiencing now. The DENR must resolve this by putting an end to the mining projects here and demanding the start of rehabilitation programs.”