After two decades as a yoga missionary, Environment Secretary Regina Lopez is unleashing her inner rage on the mining industry while aiming for Bhutan-style gross national happiness.
Lopez has in recent months moved global commodity markets with a campaign to close roughly two-thirds of the existing mines in the Philippines, which is the world’s biggest supplier of nickel ore andRead more
The Philippines' decision to close over half of the country’s mines and suspend others is “illegal and unfair,” an industry group said on Monday, as the environment chief stood by her action.
Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Regina Lopez on Thursday ordered 23 of the country’s 41 mines shut permanently, saying many were operating in watersheds.
The mines to beRead more
Philippine Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Regina Lopez will not reconsider her decision to shut down 23 of the country's 41 mines, saying the Southeast Asian nation is "unfit for mining."
Lopez last week ordered the mines permanently shut and suspended five others, shocking mineral producers that have vowed to overturn a ruling that they say will affect 1.2 millionRead more