MANILA, June 25 (Reuters) - Philex Mining Corp, the Philippines' top gold and copper producer, is looking to reduce the cost of its $1.5-billion Silangan project by as much as two-thirds via the use ...

Catholic bishops in the Philippines have long fought against open-pit mining — a surface method of extracting rock or minerals from an open-air pit otherwise known as a “borrow” mine or a “quarry.” ...

A court has upheld a ban on open-pit mining in the Philippine province of South Cotabato, home to the largest known untapped deposits of copper and gold in Southeast Asia. The ruling is the latest ...