The Department of Energy (DOE) has ordered Semirara Mining & Power Corporation (SMPC) to clarify the allegations of environment-related violations raised against its coal-mining operations by the secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

Due to such allegations and other issues, DENR Secretary Regina Lopez said her agency will issue a show-cause order to the country’s biggest coal miner covering the Molave Coal Project.

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