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The Marcopper mining disaster is one of the worst mining and environmental disasters in Philippine history. [1] [2] [3] It occurred on March 24, 1996, on the Philippine island of Marinduque, a province of the Philippines located in the Mimaropa region. The disaster led to drastic reforms in the country's mining policy. [1]
24 March 1996 – Marcopper mining disaster. A fracture in the drainage tunnel of a large pit containing leftover mine tailings belonging to a Canadian firm led to a discharge of toxic mine waste into the Makulapnit-Boac river system in Marinduque , causing flash flooding, extensive contamination, adverse health effects and the biological death ...
Caritas Philippines opened bank accounts to collect donations for victims of the landslide and flooding in Mindanao. [46] Kilusang Mayo Uno called for an investigation as to whether the mine itself and Apex mining company's labor practices contributed to the scale of the disaster. [47]
The death toll from a massive landslide that hit a gold-mining village in the southern Philippines has risen to 54 with 63 people still missing, authorities said Sunday. ... disaster response ...
A Philippine court has ordered a mining company to pay damages to 30 people for negligence in a 1993 dam burst that was one of the country's worst mining disasters, a verdict cheered on Wednesday ...
Pages in category "Mining disasters in the Philippines" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. M.
Environmental Investigation Mission on the Impacts of the Philex Mining Corporation (PMC) Mine Tailings Pond 3 Failure TECHNICAL REPORT Archived March 11, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Accessed June 2–18. A Schiedel and Alyansa Tigil Mina, 2015. "Philex's Padcal mine, the biggest mining disaster of the Philippines" Environmental Justice ...
July 24–25 – Typhoon Gloria looses rains and flooding that killed nearly 60 people on Luzon and Mindoro Islands. [2]July 31 – Sarah Balabagan, a migrant worker sentenced and imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates for almost two years for killing her employer in self-defense, is freed; She returns to the country the next day.