The Department of Environment and Natural Resources should provide jobs for displaced workers resulting from the DENR’s closure of 21 mining firms on February 3.

Rep. Arlene Bag-ao of Dinagat Islands was referring to 21 mining companies affected by the purge: Benguet Corp. Nickel Mines Inc.; Eramen Minerals Inc.; Zambales Diversified Metals Corp.; LNL Archipelago Minerals Inc.; Mt. Sinai Mining Exploration and Development Corp.; Emir Minerals Corp.; Techiron Minerals Resources Inc.; AAMPHIL Natural Resources Exploration; Kromico Inc.; SinoSteel Philippines H.Y. Mining Corp.; Oriental Synergy Mining Corp.; Welled Mining Corp.; Libjo Mining Corp.; Oriental Vision Mining Philippines Corp.; ADNAMA Mining Resources Corp.; Claver Mineral Development Corp.; Platinum Development Corp.; CTP Construction and Mining Corp.; Carrascal Nickel Corp.; Marcventures Mining and Development Corp.; and Hinatuan Mining Corp.

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