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                    [Title] => Philex names new resident manager for Padcal
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Listed Philex Mining Corporation has appointed a new resident manager for its only operating mine in the country.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1255225 [Title] => Philex pursues remediation plan for Padcal [Summary] =>

Listed Philex Mining Corp. plans to raise the elevation of the beach created in the compromised tailings storage facility no. 3 (TSF3) of its copper-gold mine in Padcal to stabilize the facility.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 960088 [Title] => Philex seeks extension of MGB permit [Summary] =>

Philex Mining Corp. has asked the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) to extend the four-month temporary resumption of operations of its copper-gold mine in Padcal Benguet.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 916999 [Title] => Philex resumes Padcal operations [Summary] =>

Philex Mining Corporation resumed operations of its copper-gold mine in Padcal, Benguet for rehabilitation purposes yesterday after obtaining the go-signal from the Pollution Adjudication Board (PAB).

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 905692 [Title] => Philex renews call for MGB to lift order [Summary] =>

Philex Mining Corp. is prodding the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) to immediately allow it to temporarily resume operations to enable it to fill the void in the compromised tailings pond no 3 of its copper-gold mine in Padcal, Benguet before the onset of the rainy season.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 898150 [Title] => Philex seeks temporary resumption of Padcal operations [Summary] =>

Philex Mining Corp. has asked the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) to allowed the company to resume the operations of its copper-gold mine in Padcal, Benguet to produce fresh tailings to be used as fill for the void in its tailings pond no. 3 (TP3).

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 874303 [Title] => Philex hires 2 Aussie firms for Padcal rehab [Summary] =>

Listed mining firm Philex Mining Corporation (PMC) has commissioned two Australian consulting firms to assist in the rehabilitation campaign in its copper-gold mine in Padcal, Benguet.

 

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img809/2042/bus5thumb.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 846427 [Title] => Villages seek help on Padcal Mine leak [Summary] =>

Villages reportedly affected by the Padcal mine operations' tailings dam leak of the Philex Mining Corp. are seeking assistance.  

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-07 14:20:15 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 837987 [Title] => Philex cleans mine tailings leak [Summary] =>

Philex Mining Corp. has mobilized a task force to undertake massive cleanup of tributaries affected by the tailings leak from its Padcal mine site.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804891 [AuthorName] => Artemio Dumlao [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 341511 [Title] => Skilled labor lacking in RP mining boom [Summary] => PADCAL, Itogon, Benguet (AFP) — As the Philippine mining sector enjoys a long-awaited revival, copper mill manager Libby Ricafort has a problem — rival firms have poached half of the six staff in his metallurgy division.

"Two of them left last year," the Philex Mining Corp. official told AFP. "I lost another one this year."

Mineralogists, geologists, mining engineers and experts in related fields have become the star targets of headhunting firms as foreign investors pour into the Southeast Asian country’s resources sector.
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