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OceanaGold Corporation (OceanaGold), an Australian-Canadian company, is one of dozens of transnational mining companies in the Philippines that have been reaping profits by mining gold, silver, copper, and other minerals. Its underground Didipio Gold and Copper Mine (Didipio mine) in the Northern Luzon province of Nueva Vizcaya started …
The Didipio barangay captain said he would take his cue from Padilla, a formidable opponent who helped caused the defeat of Oceanagold's dream of mining in El Salvador, South America in 2017. Padilla gave power testimony to El Salvador executive and legislative departments and to universities across the country on the effects of …
At Didipio, following the restart of processing in early November, the operation produced 14,863 ounces of gold and 2,323 tonnes of copper, exceeding the Company's 2021 guidance range of 7,000 to 12,000 ounces of gold and 1,000 tonnes of copper. Didipio's by-product AISC for the year was negative $25 per ounce on sales of …
Gold and Chalcopyrite (sulphide mineral of copper and iron) are the main relevant minerals of interest in the deposit. Reserves are estimated to amount to 1.59 million ounces of gold and 0.21 million tons of copper. The mine has an expected life of 16 years [1]. Mining methods include both open-pit (2013-2026) and underground methods (2019 …
A zoning ordinance prohibiting the operation of a lumber yard within certain areas was assailed as unconstitutional in that it was an invasion of the property rights of the lumber yard owners in People v. de Guzman. 23 The Court nonetheless ruled that the regulation was a valid exercise of police power.
Lolita, a Didipio resident and a registered nurse who worked in Saudi Arabia for over six years, was pleased to accept the assignment and serve her fellow Didipio residents. Renovations were undertaken to meet the requirements of the Department of Health (DOH) for the Centre to serve as a COVID-19 isolation facility.
Summary: The Didipio open pit mine was completed to final design in May 2017 after five years of mining. The underground project commenced in March 2015 with the …
Didipio was a village of 700 residents, many of whom settled on Dinkidi's east side in the 1960s and 1970s after walking, with their children in tow, for two days on steep forest trails. In many ways Didipio was a rare place of hard work and solitude, a village difficult to reach by vehicle or on foot, and distant from the mainstream of ...
The Didipio mine is an underground and open pit with a lifespan of 10 years. It produces gold and silver as dore bars and copper in concentrate, with proven and probable reserves of 1.23 million ...
One-year deadline. The miner, which plans to restart Didipio "as soon as possible" said operations will resume initially with the milling of stockpiled ore of about 19 …
Didipio works with 11 communities adjacent to the mine. These include the host community of Didipio and 10 surrounding communities, a total of more than 15,000 residents. Three downstream communities are in the municipality of Cabarroguis in the province of Quirino, and seven upstream communities are in the municipality of Kasibu …
On July 14, Australian mining company OceanaGold Philippines, Inc (OceanaGold) announced its renewed Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) with the government for the Didipio mine in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya. It gives the company another 25 years to extract gold and copper. Presidential Spokesperson Harry …
Photo credit: OceanaGold Scott Sullivan, Chief Operating Officer and Acting Chief Executive Officer of OceanaGold said, "The recommencement of Didipio operations is progressing ahead of plan. The recruitment of the workforce is ahead of schedule as we expect approximately 65% of the total workforce to be in place by the end of the third …
The Didipio process plant is expected to ramp up to its throughput rate of 3.5 million tonnes per annum over the course of the next few weeks, the company said in a …
March 13, 2023 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Australian-Canadian mining firm OceanaGold Corp. is pouring in as much as $50 million (roughly P2.8 billion) in capital …
The Didipio mine is right at the headwaters of the Addalam River, a tributary of the Cagayan River and the locus of the Addalam River Irrigation System, which provides irrigation to thousands of farmlands in Isabela, Quirino, and Cagayan Valley. According to a position paper by the Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Government, "Didipio should have ...
The Didipio Mine water treatment plant treats outflows from the mine's TSF. It is an important environmental initiative to treat total suspended solids so that the water used by Didipio Mine is returned clean and of high quality to the ecosystem. At the heart of the water treatment plant is the 34m clarifier and associated steel pipework ...
The Didipio Restaurant and Catering Services serves food for more than 1,000 employees and guests three times a day, seven days a week. Photo Release. DiCorp has progressively grown over the years ...
The 27,000-hectare (66,700-acre) Didipio mine straddles the border between the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino, some 270 kilometers (170 miles) northeast of Manila. It's believed to hold ...
July 15, 2021 | 7:31pm This 2019 photo shows a scene at OceanaGold's Didipio mine. OceanGold MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines defended Thursday its decision to …
The Nueva Vizcaya government initiated a blockade around the Didipio mine in 2019 to prevent OceanaGold operating the site without a licence, disrupting maintenance work and sparking a still unresolved court battle. Environmental group Kalikasan condemned the permit renewal and vowed to continue the blockade.
About 270-kilometers north of Metro Manila lies the mineral rich barangay of Didipio in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya. It is home to some 4,000 people and the Didipio gold-copper mine. OceanaGold is working with the Philippine government through the country's first Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA)--an agreement that allows the …
By 2020, the projected population in Didipio will reach 4,000. Based on our estimates, Didipio households are expected to spend 73,000,000 liters or 73,000 m 3 of water per annum by 2020. This is roughly 0.4% of the total water extraction by the Didipio Mine operations in 2018 and barely 0.15% of the total projected water budget in the …
Once signed by Duterte, the new FTAA will allow OceanaGold to re-open the Didipio gold and copper mine in Nueva Vizcaya, one of the largest gold and copper mines in the country. Amid the extended closure of Didipio, OceanaGold had to conduct the first round of permanent layoffs in October of last year where 496 employees and miners lost …
July 31, 2021. 250. The Didipio Mine of OceanaGold (Philippines) Inc. in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO. AFTER Malacañang allowed OceanaGold (Philippines) Inc. (OGPI) to operate anew its Didipio Mine in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya, the company said the staged restart of the mine is underway with focus on the rehiring and training of its ...
With a semitemperate weather, Didipio was an ideal place for rice and vegetable agriculture because of the abundance of water coming from numerous springs and creeks from the Kasibu forest. Image ...
Last month, the company tried repeatedly to access the site but were rebuffed by non-violent protests. On April 6th, 2020, Philippine police forces violently dismantled the roadblock, as this video shows. One leader, anti-mining advocate Roland Pulido, chairman of Didipio Earth Savers' Movement Association (Desama), was …
By July 1, community members in Didipio and two nearby barangays had turned two abandoned police checkpoints into a barricade to stop trucks and service vehicles from entering or exiting the site.
Published. Jul 14, 2021 5:58AM EDT. Australian-listed OceanaGold Corp said on Wednesday the Philippine government has renewed its contract for the Didipio gold and copper mine for another 25 years ...
Didipio project is located in Nueva Vizcaya Province, on the island of Luzon in the Phil-ippines (˛ g. 1). Didipio is a high grade por-phyry copper-gold open pit and underground mine. Production is in the range of 150,000 – 160,000 oz gold and 18,000 – 19,000 t copper per year with an estimated mine life to 2032 (OceanaGold 2018).
OceanaGold posted an excellent second quarter with gold production of 93.8K Au Oz and revenue of $182.6 million. The net income was $31.4 million compared to a loss of $31.4 million in 2Q20 ...
KASIBU, Nueva Vizcaya: With the return to full production at the Didipio Mine here, OceanaGold Philippines Inc. said it produced a total of 29,104 ounces of gold and 3,476 tons of copper in the fourth quarter …
Upon being informed about the Didipio case, she prioritized its resolution as she had recognized the case had long been pending with the Commission. A draft Resolution on the Human Rights Situation in Didipio was put on the agenda in December 2010. After thorough consideration by the Commission en banc, the CHR issued a …