“The attempts of Rapu-Rapu Minerals and Marcopper-Barrick Gold to shirk from their responsibilities in rehabilitating their mine sites upon closure belie the claims of the mining industry lobbyists and the national government that the mine operations in the country are socially and environmentally responsible. Let us also not forget how Philex Mining Corporation has weaseled its way out of its 20-million metric-ton tailings disaster last 2012, when it has not also fully rehabilitated Balog and Agno Rivers and it has not fully compensated all the downstream communities they affected,” added Bautista.
http://bulatlat.com/main/2014/03/07/19-years-of-mining-act-enriched-mining-tncs-but-endangered-the-people/
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