THE country’s mining sector is off to a good start as metallic minerals production value increased by nearly a fifth in the first quarter of the year, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) reported on Tuesday.

MGB Director Leo Jasareno, citing latest statistics, said that Philippine metallic minerals production value reached P21.98 billion in January to March 2014, reflecting an 17.11 percent increase from P18.77 billion recorded a year earlier.

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