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State of Mining: Liberalization under the Aquino Administration and the People’s Movement

State of Mining: Liberalization under the Aquino Administration and the People’s Movement. Kalikasan PNE Defend Patrimony! Alliance. Philippine Mining Industry. Mainly extractive Export-oriented Dominated by TNCs, local elite Dependent on foreign capital and technologies.

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State of Mining: Liberalization under the Aquino Administration and the People’s Movement

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  1. State of Mining:Liberalization under the Aquino Administration and the People’s Movement Kalikasan PNE Defend Patrimony! Alliance

  2. Philippine Mining Industry Mainly extractive Export-oriented Dominated by TNCs, local elite Dependent on foreign capital and technologies

  3. Philippine Mining Industry Exploration Mine Development Extraction Initial Processing Refining & Smelting Fabricating

  4. Mining Act of 1995 • Investment Guarantees • Repatriation of Capital • Freedom from Expropriation • Remittance from earnings and interest on foreign loans • Freedom from requisition of properties • Confidentiality of Information • Tax Holiday during recovery of pre-operating expenses for a maximum of 8 years from commercial production (FTAA) • Income Tax carry forward of losses • Water rights, timber rights, easement rights

  5. Philippine Mining Statistics

  6. National Policy Agenda on Revitalizing Mining in the Philippines (EO No. 270-2004) • 2003, 23 then 63 (2007) Priority Mining Projects under GMA • Overall value of production in 2006 reached P68.4 billion compared to P35.2 billion in 2002 • 8 tailings dam failures since 2001 • 4 tailings dam failures in Rapu-rapu, Albay.

  7. Employment and Taxes

  8. Mining Agreements

  9. Mining Concession Area

  10. New Trends in the Mining Industry (2009-2010) • Renewed mining offensive • Record breaking gold prices $1,300/oz (AO 09/28/10) • Rising industrial metal prices or economic security concern • New DENR Secretary and President Aquino? • Entry of big local businesses • MPC/Pangilinan • San Miguel/Cojuangco • Lucio Tan, • Use of greenwashing, corporate propaganda • Expansion of magnetite mining with small scale mining permit • Proliferation of coal mining contracts • Energy supply for local power plants • Export • Continuing Militarization and Human Rights Violations in mining-affected areas

  11. Killings of Environmental Activists

  12. New Administration, Same Old Mining Policies • Appointed Ramon Paje as DENR Secretary • Increased target mining output from 2009 to 30% for 2010 (Arroyo was 10-20% only) • Interfered in the South Cotabato open-pit mining ban to pursue a “win-win” solution for Xstrata and LGU • Did not act on Mt. Diwalwal mining privatization • Did not reverse midnight mining deals like FTAA in Palawan and MPSA in Camarines Sur (21 MPSA, 2FTAA, 13 EP) • Issued logging moratorium • Cancel 600 mining applications

  13. People’s Struggle • Increasing resistance at the grassroot level • Southern Tagalog (Romblon, Mindoro, Batangas, Palawan) • Eastern Visayas • Southern Mindanao Region • CARAGA Region • SoCSKSarGen Region • Local government units imposing mining moratorium • Continuing Legislative and Legal Actions • writ of Kalikasan • People’s Mining Bill • Broadening of alliances • International support

  14. People’s Struggle

  15. Our Call • Mining moratorium on Large-scale Mining Projects and Operation • Repeal the Mining Act of 1995 • Pass the People’s Mining Bill Defend our Patrimony, Protect our Rights!

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