Maricalum Mining Corporation (MMC)

Maricalum Mining conjunction (MMC) in south Negros. Having 2,673 claims on tap in Barangays Cansauro, Hinablan, Tao-angan and Hinablan, of the towns of Cauayan and Sipalay, Negros Occidental. Actually I had foregone into the place and had seen the impact of the excavation in the mountain and to its natural habitat. Especially on Sipalay, I saw dead mountains, whiteness ones. Waters sources and the rivers covered with the atomic number 18a are not portable therefore the people would go to the lowlands to buy fresh water to drink.Crops productions are cut into halves and the villagers experience flake off diseases. Poisoning and many fish kills are reported before. People would always kvetch about the air pollution brought by it causing suspended sandstorms and dust particles. 2. unrivaled of the government policies was REPUBLIC ACT no. 7942 or also known as PHILIPPINE MINING ACT OF 1995. This constitution states that the all the snobby and public mining land are owned b y the state.Therefore the government and other private sectors are responsible to the development, utilization and preservation of the place. Protecting the rights of affected communities and limits the land that are available for mining. Section 7, Article X of the constitution provides that LGU or Local governing Units are responsible to protect and co-manage the environment and to enhance the right of the people. Both RA belongs in the EXECUTIVE ORDER zero(prenominal) 79 created by state.