Philippine Nickel
Industry Association
Norverta Ating, 52, happy and content that she is able to make ends meet for her family by being a store attendant in MMDC-assisted women’s trading center in Cantilan, one of MMDC’s host communities. When women are empowered, families thrive and communities prosper. This holds true for members of the Cabangahan Women’s Association (CWA) […]
PNIA Chairman Isidro C. Alcantara, Jr. stressed the importance of sustainability in his keynote speech during the Mining Luncheon hosted by the Philippine Mining Club on August 10.
Proud of their accomplishment, MMDC’s HRAD Manager Roselyn Suante and mess hall keeper Mary Jane Intano are seen in left photo within one of the areas they transformed into a vegetable garden, while right photo shows a bounty of various vegetables they recently harvested. Helping Marc achieve its goal of becoming leaner and more […]
The Agata-Bombo Radyo partnership was formed even prior to the mining company’s operations Butuan City / August 2018 – TVIRD-owned nickel joint venture company, Agata Mining Ventures Inc. (AMVI), once again assumed a major sponsorship for Bombo Medico – the annual medical and dental mission of its long-time media partner, Bombo Radyo, and the largest humanitarian mission in […]
Officials and staff of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Mines and Geosciences Bureau, and Marcventures Mining and Development Corporation led by CESE-DENR 13 Regional Director Atty. Felix S. Alicer, MGB 13 Regional Director Engr.Roger A. De Dios, and MMDC President and CEO Yulo E. Perez, during the MOA signing signifying MMDC’s participation in […]
The Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA) spearheaded relief efforts early this year when the eruption of Mayon Volcano displaced and affected residents of Albay. “A number of people lost their homes and property. Infrastructure was badly damaged, and as result, countless businesses could not function,” says Clarence J. Pimentel, Chairman of PNIA Committee on Sustainable […]
CARRASCAL, Surigao del Sur — When told to attend a bamboo-based livelihood training sponsored by Marcventures Mining and Development Corporation (MMDC), housewife Helen Custoya immediately signed up for the opportunity. “I thought I would land a job planting bamboos after the training,” Helen, a mother of five, gave a hearty laugh, apparently feeling amused and […]
Going beyond compliance in implementing responsible and sustainable mining operations, key players in the Philippine nickel industry have planted an estimated 4.2 million trees to date in the Caraga region and in Palawan. The Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA), through its seven (7) member-companies, has upped its greening efforts in recent years as part of […]
A valuable addition to TVIRD’s roster and a milestone for a grateful town Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte / June 2018 – Overjoyed by the news that his youngest son was being hired as a geologist by the company, fisherman Ibno Nabua and his wife Sahdia literally cried. Tears of joy, that is. The Nabuas are residents of […]
At the mining town of Cagdianao, Claver, Surigao Del Norte the Platinum Group Metals Corporation (PGMC) has not just made a huge increase in nickel ore export within a mere 5 years but also a huge jump in the number of scholarship grantees for their free education program. Aina Mae Arecto is a BS Physics […]