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State of Mining:Liberalization under the Aquino Administration and the People’s
Movement
Kalikasan PNEDefend Patrimony! Alliance
Philippine Mining Industry
• Mainly extractive • Export-oriented• Dominated by TNCs, local elite • Dependent on foreign capital and
technologies
Exploration
Mine Development
Extraction
Initial Processing
Refining & Smelting
Fabricating
Philippine Mining Industry
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
Philippine Mining Statistics
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.
Employment and Taxes
Mining Agreements
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009+
Mining Concession Area
2007 2008 2009 July 2010
EP 89,828.76 NA NA 345,974
MPSA 373, 201 NA NA 587,340
FTAA 41,199 87,249 90,341 109,217
TOTAL 514,948 600,000 + 782, 187 1,042,531
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
Killings of Environmental Activists
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
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
People’s Struggle
Our Call
1. Mining moratorium on Large-scale Mining Projects and Operation
2. Repeal the Mining Act of 19953. Pass the People’s Mining Bill
Defend our Patrimony, Protect our Rights!