LAST year, the International Council of Mining and Metals (ICMM), a London-based organization of companies and associations in the industry, published a report on the role of mining in national economies. The report ranked 183 countries according to the relative importance of mining to their respective economies, based on ICMM’s Mining Contributions Index--a combination of mining’s contribution to a country’s gross domestic product (GDP), export earnings and mineral rents. The Philippines was ranked 26th, behind Myanmar and ahead of Brazil. The Democratic Republic of the Congo was ranked first.

The contributions are more significant in certain regions: the Gross Regional Domestic Products (GRDP) tables of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) attribute to mining and quarrying, significant percentages in the gross value added to the economies of MIMAROPA (Occidental and Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan), 25.6 percent; CARAGA (Agusan del Norte and del Sur, Dinagat, and Surigao del Norte and del Sur), 14.2 percent; and Western Visayas (Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo and Negros Occidental), 12.5 percent.

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