The Marcopper mine spill was the worst mining disaster in Philippine history. It rendered Marinduque island's rivers and bay lifeless, leaving fishing and farming families severely affected. More than two decades on, justice remains elusive for the people of Marinduque. Let's not forget the people and communities of Marinduque.
Marinduque, both the provincial and national government, to consolidate action raising the total ban of any form of mining activity in the province. NARRATIVES: The Marcopper Mining Corporation Year 1956, when the Placer Development Limited started the exploration of Marinduque Island in order to find out its potential for mining.
After a number of years of mining exploration and studies, The Marcopper Mining Corporation Officially started its mining operations on Marinduque in 1969 at what was known as the Mt. Tapian ore deposit. When the Mt. Tapian reserve depleted in 1990, Marcopper continued its operations utilizing the San Antonio copper ore body which lies …
The 52-year-old village chief of Bocboc, Marinduque suffers from skin irritation, fatigue and body pains. Tests done in 2013 and 2017 detected the harmful substance in her blood. ... On March 24, 1996, a fracture in the drainage tunnel of Marcopper Mining Corporation's Tapian pit spilled more than 1.6 million cubic meters of …
The Hon. Court of Appeals and Marinduque Mining and Industrial Corporation G.R. No. 84526 January 28, 1991 Facts: The employees of the respondent corporation obtained a favorable judgment where defendant was made to pay the employees backwages and other damages. By virtue of the said judgment, the deputy sheriff was ordered to implement …
068-Gualberto v. Marinduque Mining & Industrial Corp., C.a.-g.R. No.52753-R, June 28, 1978 - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. The Court of Appeals struck down an employer's policy as void and unlawful. The policy considered employees in one of the employer's projects as separated …
This paper aims (1) to trace back the Marcopper mining disasters in Marinduque, culminating in the 1996 Boac river spill, and point out the negligence of mine companies to take obligations for the damages they have wrought on the island and the ... (NIPAS), which would permanently restrict and prohibit industrial exploitation such as mining on ...
By 1969, Marinduque Mining and Industrial Corporation of the Philippines had acquired sufficient ore reserves from the Philippine government to justify a plant to produce 34 000 tonnes of nickel metal per year on Nonoc Island. Sherritt agreed to license its laterite process and know-how to Marinduque and to supply technical personnel and …
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SECOND DIVISION. G.R. No. L-60149 June 19, 1985. MARINDUQUE MINING AND INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION, Petitioner, vs. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE and COURT OF TAX APPEALS, Respondents. Benjamin N. Tabios for petitioner. AQUINO, J. This case is about the legality of the 35% transaction tax amounting to P 1,335,631.80 …
Under a new name, Marinduque Mining and Industrial Corporation, it started to construct a 4,000 metric tons per day (mtpd) capacity milling and concentration plant and by 1957, commercial mining and milling became fully operationalized with 2,000 mtpd. By the early 1980s, its workforce peaked to 7,000.