Philippine Nickel
Industry Association
CARRASCAL, Surigao del Sur — Recognizing its effort to maintain the highest business standards, British certifying organization National Quality Assurance (NQA) has recommended the Integrated Management System (IMS) certification of Marcventures Mining and Development Corporation (MMDC). The recommendation was based on the first Surveillance Audit conducted by NQA in October, 2018, one year after MMDC […]
Practical learning. Nanay Doding Angop-Mandam of the Barangay Lawigan Farmers and Fisherfolks Association in host Tubay Municipality ensures that proper care and composting is being applied to the cacao plants – all in the hopes of a fruitful harvest. AMVI and the Department of Agricultural enable host community to imbibe on Cacao farming Cabadbaran […]
PGMC participated in a bloodletting activity spearheaded by the MUNICIPALITY OF CLAVER together with the Rural Health Unit, DOH and CARAGA Regional Hospital. Volunteers from all walks of life including employees from PGMC and its contractors trooped to the Taganito Gym to donate blood. Volunteers who donated blood are given membership card, snacks, and t-shirts […]
Agata Mining Ventures Inc., nickel laterite mining project of TVIRD and MRL Nickel Philippines Inc., was recently commended by the MGB
Platinum Group Metals Corporation (PGMC) in partnership with PhilExport Caraga, spearheaded a 3-day On-The-Job Training on Chips Making at Barangay Cagdianao Skills Training Center, Cagdianao, MUNICIPALITY OF CLAVER. Attended by 50 females composed primarily of marginalized residents of the barangay and seasonal workers of PGMC, the trainees were taught on how to process banana and sweet […]
PGMC through its 2018 Annual Social Development and Management Program inaugurated a livelihood program intended for Cagdianao Women’s Rice Retailers Association (CAWRRA). It was attended by Barangay Officials, beneficiaries and company representatives followed by a ribbon cutting ceremony. The store will sell different varieties of rice as well as other food items at a more affordable […]
The new pump boat from MMDC meant that the manglab-asay were now empowered to more easily bring the day’s catch faster to the wet market, fresh and with a higher market value than one that had been waiting half the day to be sold.
Notable personalities who attended the media preview include Rhea Matute (Executive Director, Design Center of the Philippines), Filipino artists Tes Pasola and Tony Gonzales, German design consultant Detlef Klatt, Christopher De Venecia (Pangasinan 4th District Representative), and Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA) representatives Isidro Alcantara Jr. (Chairman), Clarence Pimentel (Chairman Emeritus), and Charmaine Olia Capili (Executive Director).
The Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA), in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI Philippines) push forward their bamboo advocacy at the Bamboo Pavilion Installation at the 68th Edition of DTI-CITEM’s Manila FAME design and lifestyle fair. The nickel industry believes that bamboo reforestation is the way to move forward to responsible and sustainable mining […]
“Our partnership with the mining sector is to help in the propagation of bamboo and using bamboo as a material on a horizontal application – it’s really finding more industries in which bamboo can be used. The partnership with the mining communities aims to close the supply-chain gap,” Matute said of Design Center’s Manila FAME exhibit co-presenter Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA) and event partner Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) in their efforts to transform post mining communities.