Environment Secretary Regina Paz Lopez has stopped Hinatuan Mining Corp. (HMC), an affiliate of Nickel Asia Corp. (NAC), from moving and loading mining waste from Manicani mine site in Guian, Eastern Samar, to prevent further environmental degradation resulting from excessive soil extraction.

Lopez said an audit of the mine showed that it would be detrimental to the island’s environment if the mining waste removal continued.

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