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Filipino NGOs call for old mining law to be scrapped, extraction firm investigated in wake of Mindanao landslide

Activists are calling for the revocation of the Mining Act of 1995 and suspension of Apex Mining after a deadly landslide in Mindanao in February. But geologists say there is not enough data to prove that the tragedy was caused by mining.

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Activists are calling for the revocation of the Mining Act of 1995 and suspension of Apex Mining after a deadly landslide in Mindanao in February. But geologists say there is not enough data to prove that the tragedy was caused by mining.