A quiet agricultural town in Leyte has become the site of a standoff between local farmers and a mining corporation.
THE MacArthur Iron Projects Corporation (MIPC) announced it will remove its giant cutter suction dredger from its black sand mining project in Barangay Maya, Ma ...
TACLOBAN CITY — Amid strong opposition to the resumption of magnetite sand mining in the coastal town and in response to sustained protests from farmers and residents, the MacArthur Integrated ...
Dredge Yard delivered a multipurpose cutter suction dredger ECO 200 to a real estate developer in the United Arab Emirates for the reshaping and maintenance of existing islands. The dredger, delivered ...
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Leyte communities say 'no' to black sand mining

IT wasn’t a kaiju (sea monster) that emerged from the Pacific Ocean and hauled itself ashore, making its way inland, causing the earth to tremble while emitting alien noises. This wasn’t a scene from ...