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[Title] => West meets east
[Summary] => Introducing Lafayette 148 New York to Manila
[DatePublished] => 2016-01-14 09:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1488003
[AuthorName] => Marbbie C. Tagabucba
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[ArticleID] => 65420
[Title] => Korean group completes acquisition of Rapu-Rapu
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[DatePublished] => 2008-06-02 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1097285
[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
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[ArticleID] => 384133
[Title] => DENR allows Lafayette to resume mining operations
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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has finally lifted, after 15 months, the-cease-and desist order (CDO) it had imposed on the mining operations of Lafayette Philippines on Rapu-Rapu Island, Albay after two tailings spill in October 2005.
The CDO was issued againt Lafayette on Jan. 9, 2006.
In a press conference, Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Angelo Reyes announced yesterday the lifting of the CDO that will allow Lafayette to immediately resume mining operations.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-09 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1097285
[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
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[ArticleID] => 383505
[Title] => Lafayette ready to resume operations
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Asserting that it has complied with all of the government’s 36 conditions, Australian-owned Lafayette Philippines Inc. said yesterday it is now ready to resume operations of its P1.4-billion Rapu-Rapu polymetallic project in Albay.
In a statement over the weekend, Lafayette said it has "fully complied" with all the conditions set by the Pollution Adjudication Board (PAB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Mine Rehabilitation Fund Committee.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-05 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[AuthorID] => 1097177
[AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda
[SectionName] => Nation
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[ArticleID] => 367984
[Title] => Mining firm test run extension protested
[Summary] => Anti-mining advocates and environment activists yesterday assailed the 30-day extension given anew by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to Lafayette Philippines’ polymetallic mining facility in Rapu-Rapu Island, Albay.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-10 00:00:00
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[Title] => DENR grants Lafayette another 30 days to complete its test run
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ISLA VERDE, Batangas City – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) granted yesterday the Australia-based Lafayette Mining Ltd. another 30-day extension to continue its test run of its facilities in Rapu-rapu Island in Albay.
Environment Secretary Angelo Reyes said Lafayette sought another extension of its test run after the two recent super typhoons that hit the country delayed the completion of the testing of its facilities’ safety.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-09 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1805432
[AuthorName] => Paolo Romero
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[ArticleID] => 360023
[Title] => Lafayette still optimizing operations on 3rd week of test run
[Summary] => Australian-owned mining firm Lafayette Philippines Inc. is still optimizing its operations on the third week of its 60-day extended test run, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) said yesterday.
In a report to Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Angelo Reyes, MGB chief metallurgist Juancho Pablo Calvez revealed that Lafayette has already started running at 90 percent rated production capacity.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-27 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1097177
[AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda
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[ArticleID] => 358016
[Title] => DENR allows 60-day extension of Lafayette test run
[Summary] => The Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Pollution Adjudication Board (PAB) has granted the request of Lafayette Philippines for a 60-day temporary lifting order (TLO), extending its previous 30-day test run in its Rapu-Rapu project in Albay.
In a three-page order, the PAB upheld the recommendation of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in Region 5 to allow the 60-day extension of Lafayette’s test run, noting that mine operation was intermittent, thus affecting the efficiency of the mine facility’s detoxification system.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-14 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda
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[ArticleID] => 357543
[Title] => DENR board to discuss Lafayette extension request today
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An adjudication board attached to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources is set to tackle today the request of Lafayette Philippines for a 60-day extension of its test run in a P1.4-billion mine project in Rapu-Rapu, Albay.
Lafayette’s 30-day test run lapsed on Friday night.
However, Environment Undersecretary Francisco Bravo, Pollution Adjudication (PAB) Board chairman, said they only received the request of Lafayette over the weekend.
"Last Monday, they simply called (and asked for the extension)," he said in an interview.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-11 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1097177
[AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda
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[ArticleID] => 355361
[Title] => DENR okays third stage of Lafayette’s test-run
[Summary] => The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has given the go-signal for Lafayette Philippines to proceed with the third stage of its test-run, even allowing the mining company to test-operate up to 100 percent of its rated capacity.
In an order dated Aug. 24, the DENR granted Lafayette’s motion for a "full-capacity" test-run during the third stage, which would involve a simulation of an actual milling operation of its polymetallic project on Rapu-Rapu Island in Albay.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-30 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1097177
[AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda
[SectionName] => Nation
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