The multi-stakeholder Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC) will decide next week on the possible lifting of a ban on open-pit mining, a senior Finance department official said.

Finance Undersecretary and MICC member Bayani Agabin said a technical panel had already finished a study, which will be released following a council meeting on October 24.

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