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Major management shake-up looms in SMI

By Edwin Espejo Sun, Mar 03, 2013 10:54AM UTC 0 Comment

Don’t look now but a major management shakeup could take place in Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) once the long anticipated merger between the world’s fourth largest copper producer and one of the world’s biggest commodities firms is completed within the year. Although the expected March 15 merger deadline between Xstrata Plc and commodities giant...

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Passing the buck in Cotabato

By Edwin Espejo Sat, Feb 09, 2013 7:06AM UTC 0 Comment

A news report said Malacañang has remanded the appeal of Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), which earlier denied the application for an environment clearance certificate (ECC) by the Tampakan-based mining firm. In January last year, the DENR cited the existing provincial environment code of South Cotabato which...

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Philippines: Mining giant Xstrata-SMI suffers another blow

By Edwin Espejo Thu, Jan 24, 2013 8:31AM UTC 0 Comment

The Xstrata-controlled Sagittarius Mines Inc (SMI) suffered yet another setback when the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP, or Provincial Board) of South Cotabato on Monday, January 21, reiterated a previous resolution reaffirming the validity of a provision of the Provincial Environment Code that bans open pit mining in the province. The resolution dashed any hopes SMI had...

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Australian mining giant pays price for video spoof defamation threat

By Rowena Dela Rosa Yoon Wed, Apr 25, 2012 5:31PM UTC 0 Comment

Australia’s mining giant, Xstrata Coal, is reported to have written Mumbrella, an online discussion site of “everything under Australia’s media and marketing umbrella” this week. The letter contains a threat of a legal defamation suit over a published video parody on Australia’s mining business allegedly posted by Mumbrella. The Australian confirmed the letter to be genuine. Tom Cregan,...

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The Tampakan Copper and Gold Project: Whose mine is it anyway?

By Edwin Espejo Mon, Feb 20, 2012 7:34AM UTC 0 Comment

Sagittarius Mines Inc. general manager Mark Williams said the company had already spent more than US$360 million on the initial development of the US$5.9 billion Tampakan Copper and Gold Project. When allowed to go to commercial production, the mining project will reportedly contribute an average of one percent to the annual gross domestic product of...

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