soon sounds good, let's hope we are in theresource :
DENR reviewing if suspended mining firms may resume operations soon The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is currently reviewing and validating if suspended mining companies have complied with regulations to see if they may now resume operations and provide employment.
This is one of the measures the agency is taking to push for “green economic recovery” amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Speaking in a virtual roundtable discussion, Environment Undersecretary Juan Miguel Cuna said the department is also already facilitating the declaration of “minahang bayan” in different provinces “where small scale miners will be allowed to operate legally and generate income while enabling the government to monitor and regulate their extractive activities.”
“For large scale mining companies, there are companies which have been suspended for quite a while and we are actually fast tracking already the review, the assessment and validation of these companies to determine if they are now compliant and will be eligible to resume operations to provide the much needed employment and revenue for both the national and local government,” Cuna said in the virtual roundtable discussion on the path to a green economic recovery post pandemic held by the Stratbase ADR Institute and Philippine Business For Environmental Stewardship (PBEST).