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.
“Bamboo may very well be one of the ways we can heed the government’s challenge to ‘transform’ the industry for the better. We’re optimistic about it since studies have shown that it can reduce carbon emissions, prevent erosion, and even restore denuded lands,” said Philippine Nickel Industry Association President Dante R. Bravo in a press statement. Considering the plant’s sustainable nature, the bamboo industry would also create more opportunities for local communities to thrive economically.
Officials from the Barangay Council of Panikian headed by Chairman Mamelito M. Cabadonga receives the new pick-up vehicle from MMDC Community Relations Manager Nancy Baldoza
In support to the development of the Bamboo Industry, the Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA) and the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) have partnered with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for the 68th edition of Manila FAME.
The Design Center of the Philippines, in partnership with the Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA), explores additional applications of bamboo to showcase its versatility through the organization’s Bamboo Extreme program. Executive director of the Design Center of the Philippines, Ria Matute said that the current display focuses on bamboo and the “new concept of mobility.”
In support to the development of the Bamboo Industry, the Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA) and the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) have partnered with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for the 68th edition of Manila FAME.
Committed to environmental protection and realizing the economic potential of bamboo, employees of Marcventures Mining and Development Corporation (MMDC), the subsidiary of publicly-listed, Marcventures Holdings Inc., celebrated World Bamboo Day by planting acclimatized bamboo seedlings high up the mountains surrounding the Wawa Dam in Rodriguez, Rizal. The environmental initiative is in partnership with Mga Anak […]
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The PHILIPPINE NICKEL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, INC., or PNIA is a non-stock non-profit association duly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Established in 2012, PNIA was organized to promote and develop the nickel mining industry in the country, aiming to represent the Philippine nickel industry as the single voice to champion its cause with various stakeholders.
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