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Chinese Companies Skirt Filipino Mining Laws

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Apr 23, 2011
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Chinese mining companies are evading the Philippines' stiff mining laws to go after the country's US$1 trillion in untapped reserves of copper, gold, zinc and other minerals, according to a new report by the Manila-based Pacific Strategies and Assessments.

A potent cabal of environmentalists, nationalists, politicians and the Catholic Church have largely…

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