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May 26, 2020

TVIRD-Agata COVID-19 Response Brings Relief to 10,000 Families, Livelihood to Rural Farmers

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines – that brought the nation’s economy to a virtual standstill and left thousands confined to hospitals, stricken with the deadly virus – communities in Mindanao have benefitted from an unexpected partner that immediately and actively responded to the government’s call to unity: and that is the country’s mining industry, which continues to support countrywide development.

May 26, 2020

ZDMC COVID-19 Relief Efforts

PNIA member-company Zambales Diversified Metals Corporation (ZDMC) extends support to frontliners and residents of the municipalities of Candelaria and Sta. Cruz in Zambales.

May 22, 2020

GABAY SA KALIGTASAN AT KALINISAN LABAN SA COVID-19 PARA SA INDUSTRIYA NG NIKEL

Ang gabay para sa kaligtasan at kalinisan laban sa COVID-19 ng Philippine Nickel Industry Association ay naglalayong hikayatin ang mga kumpanya at mga empleyado sa Industriya ng Nikel na gumawa ng mga hakbang upang maiwasan at malabanan ang pagkalat ng COVID-19 virus sa mga opisina, komunidad at tahanan.

May 21, 2020

Corona Virus Disease (COVID 19) Safety, Sanitation and Hygiene Guidelines for the Nickel Industry

The Philippine Nickel Industry Association’s COVID-19 Disease Safety, Sanitation and Hygiene Guidelines seeks to encourage all employers and workers of the nickel industry, to take the necessary steps to prevent, contain, and mitigate the possible transmission of COVID-19 in workplaces, communities and their homes.

May 2, 2020

MMDC intensifies relief operations

Marcventures Mining and Development Corporation (MMDC) donated food packs and other basic needs to the residents and frontliners of Carrascal, Cantilan and Madrid. Through its Social Development and Management Program (SDMP), MMDC gave out food packs containing rice, canned goods and noodles to the residents of all three municipalities. This relief operations have reached 700 […]

April 27, 2020

Agata initiates “Aning Gulay Handug ni Agata sa Bawat Balay”

“Aning Gulay Handug ni Agata sa Bawat Balay” is an Agata Mining Ventures initiative to help the community amidst CoViD-19.

January 9, 2020

Philippine nickel output seen growing at about 8% a year

NICKEL production is expected to increase by over 8% a year in the next few years despite policy uncertainty that could limit project development, Fitch Solutions Macro Research said in a report.

January 6, 2020

Investment priority eyed for nickel processing plants

DAVAO CITY — The Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA) is undertaking preparations to gain investment priority status for domestic processing plants, which will allow miners to capture more value-added than the current practice of exporting ore. PNIA Executive Director Charmaine Olea-Capili, speaking to media Friday, said the process is underway with stakeholders working on setting […]

January 4, 2020

Technical working group to draft national nickel industry roadmap

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 04 January) – The Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA) is initiative the creation of a technical working group (TWG) to draft the national nickel industry roadmap to propel the growth of sustainable mining in the Philippines, PNIA Executive Director Cha Olea said. In an interview on Friday, Olea said the group […]

January 3, 2020

Demand for nickel in PH to spike due to growing demand for electric vehicles

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 3 Jan) – The nickel industry in the Philippines can expect a brighter prospect for 2020 as the global demand is expected to increase for the manufacturing of electric vehicles (EVs). Cha Olea, Philippine Nickel Association (PNIA) executive director, said in an interview on Friday that the association has seen an […]