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Philippine nickel ore output may rise, but return to 2014 peak level unlikely - industry head

Published 09/11/2019, 04:40 PM
Updated 09/11/2019, 04:50 PM
Philippine nickel ore output may rise, but return to 2014 peak level unlikely - industry head

MANILA, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Philippine nickel miners are
likely to ramp up ore output by next year, but their production
capacity is limited by a number of factors, including
government-imposed mining curbs, the head of the local industry
lobby group said on Wednesday.
The Southeast Asian nation's nickel ore output may rise in
2020 mining season, but the volume is unlikely to return to the
2014 record-high level of about 50 million tonnes, said Dante
Bravo, president of the Philippine Nickel Industry Association.
The Mines and Geoscienses Bureau (MGB), the industry
watchdog under the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR), limits the land that miners can develop at any
one time under new rules introduced in September last year to
protect the environment. "I don't think we will return to that level because the DENR
has already imposed this area limit that you can mine, and there
is no new mine that's being opened," Bravo told reporters on the
sidelines of a Philippine mining conference.


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