Philippine miner Marcventures Mining and Development Corp, whose nickel mine was one of 23 ordered to close by the environment ministry, said on Friday it will take legal action to overturn the ruling and plans to ship out ore next month.
Marcventures’ mine in southern Philippines was among those ordered shut by Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Regina Lopez for environmental violations in a ruling that has led to an outcry from the industry. Another five of the 41 mines in the world’s largest nickel ore supplier were suspended.
