OceanaGold Philippines Mine Shut Down – Villagers Blockade Site, Permit Renewal Withheld
(Sydney, Ottawa) The Australian-Canadian mining company OceanaGold has been forced to cease mining for over a month at its Didipio copper-gold mine in Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. The company faces a restraining order from municipal and provincial elected officials, a blockade of the site by Didipio villagers (most of whom are Indigenous peoples), a lapsed mining permit, and a renewal application that has not been approved by the President of the Philippines.