Value-added processing needs right policies – PNIA

 A back hoe works at a mining site in Mount Canatuan, Siocon town, Zamboanga del Norte. PHOTO BY AL JACINTO

While the Philippine mining industry recognizes the benefits of putting up value-added processing plants in the country to lower production costs and raise revenues, there is a need to review the complexity of the measure as not all that are established are bound to succeed.