The Philex Mining Corporation (PMC) in Pacdal, Tuba, Benguet has been in operation since 1958 and is expected to end its mining activities in the near future. Being a conscientious mineral resource company, PMC is committed to manage and rehabilitate the physical environment within and around its areas of operations especially the re-greening of subsidence continue reading : Philex Mining Corporation collaborates with WWRRDEC on their R&D needs in rehabilitating degraded mining areas
Through a research undertaking by the then Ecosystems Research and Development Service (ERDS), DENR-CAR now the Watershed and Water Resources Research Development and Extension Center (WWRRDEC) of ERDB, a bamboo plantation was developed to rehabilitate the Mine Tailings Dam No. 1 of the Philex Mining Corporation (PMC) in Pacdal, Tuba, Benguet. The established bamboo plantation continue reading : Established bamboo plantation through R&D: Now a potential ecotourism site
The Watershed and Water Resources and Research, Development and Extension Center (WWRRDEC) hosted a collaborative meeting intended to develop a program for the rehabilitation of degraded mined areas and mine effluents of Philex Mining Corporation (PMC) in Pacdal, Tuba, Benguet on May 31, 2019 at the WWRRDEC Conference Hall, Loakan, Baguio City. The meeting was continue reading : WWRRDEC spearheads formulation of R&D Program for the rehabilitation of degraded mined areas in Benguet
