Adapting to the ‘New Normal:’ Agata Equips Partner Schools with Technology and Ample Supplies

Tubay, Agusan del Norte/ November 2020 – As part of its efforts to mitigate the social effects of the current pandemic, Agata Mining Ventures Inc. (AMVI) recently donated over P350 thousand worth of school equipment and supplies to partner institutions located in its host municipalities Tubay and Santiago, Agusan del Norte Province.  The initiative is geared […]


Nickel industry intensifies progressive rehabilitation and other environment efforts

6.3 million trees planted under progressive rehabilitation The Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA) through its 8-member companies have boosted their Environmental Protection and Enhancement Program (EPEP) and have reported a total of 6.3 million trees planted over 3,167 hectares in their respective mining areas. Despite the slowdown in operations during the community quarantine period, PNIA […]


Nickel Initiative Talks and Webinars Episode 2: “Progressive rehabilitation and environment programs during the pandemic”

The Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA) is pleased to invite you to the second episode of Nickel Initiative Talks and Webinars Series, a program that seeks to promote dialogue and learning among nickel development players, stakeholders and experts through the sharing of information, insights and best practices. Through this forum, we hope to promote informed […]


PISOS: A way of sustaining economic growth amongst 100 farmers in Barangay Gamuton, Carrascal

  Community Development is a part and parcel of transforming lives by helping communities to realize their full potential in decision-making through participation and cooperation in a meaningful consultation, addressing needs and intervention through analyzing and identifying their pressing problems, and implementing projects alongside the guidelines and processes through their collective efforts and capabilities. Carrascal […]





Citinickel todo suporta sa mga komunidad sa Palawan

Ang Citinickel Mines and Development Corporation sa pamamagitan ng pakikipag-ugnayan ng kanilang Community Relations Office (CRO) ay humiling sa pagpayag at pag-apruba ng Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) – MIMAROPA na magkaroon ng realignment mula sa aprubadong Annual Social Development and Management Program (ASDMP)-2020 nito. Ito ay alinsunod sa MGB Memorandum na may petsang March 27,2020 at paksang “Realignment of Social Development and Management Program’s unutilized funds to support affected impact and non-impact communities due to COVID-19”.



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.