Mines chamber bewails exclusion in mining conference | Sun.Star.

By Bong S. Sarmiento
Thursday, January 26, 2012

  DAVAO CITY – The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (Comp) criticized the organizers of the 2012 International Conference of Mining in Mindanao for excluding industry players from the event.

The 2012 International Conference on Mining in Mindanao, a congregation of anti-mining groups and individuals, is being held at the Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU).

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The Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines and AdDu organized the event, which kicked off Thursday and will end today, Friday.

AdDu president Fr. Joel Tabora said they did not invite mining corporations in the two-day event because they simply do not want their presence.

Comp vice president for communications Rocky G. Dimaculangan said they earlier sent a letter addressed to Fr. Tabora, requesting participation to the conference, but the group did not receive response.

“We do understand your anxieties and your genuine concern for the protection of our environment and our people and we share the same concern particularly on how we can efficiently utilize our resources for the betterment of our country and citizens,” the chamber said on its letter.

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