Environment, IP issues hound mining industry

BAGUIO CITY: Environment and indigenous peoples’ (IPs) issues continued to hound the mining industry as the annual national mine and safety meeting opened here on Wednesday.

Affected communities and survivors of mining-related disasters have suffered enough from how mining companies disregard the local population’s safety and welfare and how the mining agency allows erring companies to violate rights of communities, the environmental alliance Center for Environmental Concerns-Philippines said.