Schon wird deutlicher, was mit der "peace and order" Situation in den Philippinen gemeint ist.
Nach einem Zeitungsartikel werden kanadische Grubengesellschaften von phill. Rebellen gewarnt, daß sie angegriffen werden, wenn sie auf der Jagd nach Mineralien die Umwelt schädigen.
Die Warnung ist an alle Minenrepräsentanten gerichtet, die auf der kürzlichen Minenkonferenz in Manila waren - wie Crew.
Der Sprecher der kommunistischen Partei sagt, daß deren militärischer Arm eine Reihe von Maßnahmen bereithält, um die Operationen der destruktivsten Gesellschaften zu verhindern.
In der Vergangenheit waren Camps überfallen und zerstört worden, wenn die Firmen sich weigerten eine "Revolutions-Kriegssteuer" zu zahlen.
Im Artikel wird Crew Gold vorgestellt, obgleich nicht namentlich von den Rebellen genannt.
Filipino rebels warn they will attack Canadian mining firms
Feb 10, 2005
As Manila invites mining giants to exploit a trillion dollar treasure trove of minerals in the Philippines, rebels backed by environment activists, migrant workers, priests and students warn the country will become “a battleground against the plunder of the people‘s resources.“
Filipino rebels groups have warned Canadian mining firms they will attack their operations in the Philippines should their hunt for minerals damage the environment of the impoverished Southeast Asian nation.
The Communist Party of the Philippines — whose military wing has waged a violent insurgency for 35 years with support from overseas Filipino workers, including many in Vancouver — issued the warning as the government tried to woo investors at an international mining conference in Manila this month.
Among those who attended were heads of mining giants in Canada, Australia, China and the United States.
Local media reported the warnings were meant for all the mining representatives who attended the meeting.
The Philippines, estimated to have a US$1 trillion unexploited treasure trove of minerals is promoting the rejuvenation of the mining sector. This, with the aim to boost the economy and cut its budget deficit and debt.
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Filipino rebels at a training camp
“The worst foreign mining companies who plunder and ravage the environment and our mineral resources, as well as their military and police protectors, will be punished,“ the Communist party‘s spokesman, Gregorio Rosal, said in a statement.
Rosal said the communists‘ military wing, the New People‘s Army, “can carry out a wide range of measures to disable the operations of the most destructive mining companies.“
In the past, the guerrillas have raided and destroyed the facilities of logging and mining companies that refused to pay “revolutionary war taxes.“
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The foreign companies included Crew Gold Corp. of Canada, China Metallurgical Corp., Jinshuan Non-Metals Corp., Australian firms Lafayette Mining Ltd., Climax Mining Ltd. and Indophil Resources Inc.
Crew Gold has renewed its intent to develop a C$1.2-billion nickel mining project, formerly known as the Aglubang mining project, on Mindoro Island, south of Manila, its president and CEO Jan Vestrum said. The mining permit of Crew Gold‘s Philippine subsidiary Crew Minerals Corp. expired four years ago, but the company applied for a Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) in March 2004 “and this is proof that we will invest here,“ Vestrum told Philippine media.
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Jan Vestrum President & CEO of Crew Gold Corporation
- it is bidding for a CL billion Aglubang nickel project.
Vestrum said Crew Gold planned to put up a nickel processing plant that would use high-pressure acid leach technology to recover nickel and cobalt from ore, similar to the technology being used by Rio Tuba Mining Corp. in its Coral Bay nickel project in Palawan province with Japan‘s Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.
He added that Crew Gold was pursuing other exploration projects such as the Pamplona sulfur project in the province of Negros Oriental.
“The winds of change are sweeping the Philippine mining sector and foreign investors are now very keen to invest here,” Indophil Resources Philippines managing director Tony W. Robbins said in a press briefing.
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