NONE of the mining companies that were ordered suspended by Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu’s predecessor for allegedly violating the Mining Law had been penalized.
“We are yet to do that (impose fines) because the decision is yet to be reached on supposed penalties for those [ordered] suspended. Maybe by the end of the year, when the decision has been reached, they will be penalized. There are no [final] findings yet on these 28 [mining] companies,” Cimatu told reporters on Thursday.
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