Mining through the National Security Lens

• Main Authors: Cruz, Jerome Patrick D, Magtulis, Prinz, Mendoza, Ronald U
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2017
• Subjects: Mining; Industrial Policy; National Security; OBOR; BRI; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/182; https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3043004
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Mining is a volatile industry in the Philippines notwithstanding its potential importance to the country’s industrialization and development. Due in part to longstanding debates on its environmental impact and contributions to tax revenues, as well as issues with existing mining laws, mining has bec...