In keeping with the 2023 Philippine Environment Month Celebration, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Office No. XIII, in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office, Provincial Government of Surigao del Norte, Chamber of Mines Caraga Region Inc., Caraga Mine Environmental Management Council, Inc. and Caraga minerals industry, held the Environment Month Celebration Activities on June 20, 2023 at the Provincial Convention Center in Surigao City. The theme of this year’s celebration is No to Waste: Advancing Circular Economy to #BeatPlasticPollution. It aimed to end plastic pollution in the country through a circular economy where all plastic applications are reused, recycled, and responsibly managed during and after use while enabling a lower greenhouse gas emissions plastic economy. At the program, messages were delivered by Engr. Larry M. Heradez, MGB Caraga Regional Director; For. Agapito T. Patubo, DENR-Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer of continue reading : MGB ROXIII, PENRO SDN, PLGU Surigao del Norte and Caraga minerals industry hold Environment Month Celebration Activities
Based on the platform London Metal Exchange (LME), the trend as to the performance of nickel prices declined in the first three months of the year 2023. As shown in the graph, there was a big drop of approximately 23.39% in the prices from US$31,118 per metric ton (MT) on the 3rd day of January 2023 to US$23,838 per MT on the last day of March 2023. The LME is a world center for the trading of industrial metals. Some of the observed factors considered in the decrease of the nickel prices are as follows: Increasing supply from Indonesia coupled with a slower-than-forecast demand rebound from China that hit the market in the first quarter, which created a slowdown at a time when the industry is still recovering from the year 2022 LME meltdown. (The LME nickel meltdown is attributed to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 which sparked continue reading : Nickel prices weakened in the 1st quarter of CY 2023