Wellex Mining Corp. of plastics king William Gatchalian is investing P473 million for an ore project in Dinagat Province.
The project involves the production of beneficiated nickel ore for exports to Macau, Japan, China, Taiwan and India.
The mining facility will have a capacity of 1.2 million wet metric tons of beneficiated nickel ore per year.
It will [...]

Sultan Mining and Energy Development Corp. (SMEDC) reported its Surigao del Sur coal mine has posted significant increase in sales volumes coal mine owing to a rising demand for the commodity, a company official said.
“For April alone, the production volume of 22,000 metric tons [increased] 120 percent from the previous month. It was also greater [...]