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<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 17:29:48 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Death toll rises to 21 in Indonesian mine collapse]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Timika, Indonesia&nbsp;&mdash; The death toll from a mine tunnel collapse in eastern Indonesia has risen to 21, the US operator said Tuesday, as rescuers searched for another seven workers now also presumed dead.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:10:50 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Agri Dept to monitor rice from China for traces of cadmium]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The Department of Agriculture (DA) will be monitoring Chinese rice imports after it was reported that China&#39;s food and drug agency found excessive levels of cadmium in 44.44 percent of rice products from Guangzhou City, a department official said Monday.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:59:18 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[New mining applications pour in since moratorium lifted &mdash; Mines Bureau]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Applications for a mineral exploration permit totaled 224 since last March when the Mines and Geosciences Bureau lifted the two-year moratorium for mining applications, the bureau said Monday.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:56:45 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[TVI Pacific&#39;s PHL unit gets nod to operate gold-silver Balabag project]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The provincial government of Zamboanga del Sur has passed a resolution allowing TVI Resource Development (Phils.) Inc. (TVIRD) to operate its gold-silver project in Sitio Balabag, the company said over the weekend.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 16:02:48 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[OceanaGold says Didipio mine reached commercial output in April]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Production at the Didipio copper-gold mine in Nueva Vizacaya has reached commercial levels as of April 1, Australian miner OceanaGold Corporation announced on Friday.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:45:58 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[PHL natural resources management satisfactory, says NY-based think-tank]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The Philippines has garnered a satisfactory ranking among commodity-rich countries in terms of managing resources, but government inroads ensuring that the state gets a fair share of revenues from extracting natural assets are still needed, a report tracking global resource mismanagement and corruption said.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:58:48 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Mines Bureau: BSP gold buying down 94% as taxes turn off sellers]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The gold buying activity of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas plunged last year as small-scale miners and traders turned to other buyers after the government imposed taxes on the transactions, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau noted in a report released Friday.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:31:09 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Many countries badly mismanage oil, mining resources]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Washington&nbsp;&mdash; More than 80 percent of the world&#39;s major oil and gas-producing and mining countries fail to meet &quot;satisfactory standards&quot; for managing their natural resources, according to a report tracking global resource mismanagement and corruption.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:54:54 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[April coconut oil exports drop 14% to 55,800 MT &mdash; UCAP]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Coconut oil exports fell by 14.2 percent to 55,800 metric tons (MT) in April from 65,051 MT a year earlier, data released Tuesday by United Coconut Association of the Philippines (UCAP) showed.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:53:18 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[SL Agritech to expand distribution of premium rice brand]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Rice producer and distributor SL Agritech Corporation (SLAC) will expand the distribution network for its Do&ntilde;a Maria premium rice to 50 sales outlets for the Jasponica and Minponica varieties this year, the company said Monday.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 18:54:17 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[DA sees 3%-5% growth in farm production this year]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The Department of Agriculture&#39;s target of 3 percent to 5 percent growth for farm production this year is &ldquo;achievable,&rdquo; driven by the palay, corn and fisheries subsectors, Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said over the weekend.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 20:49:06 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Agri Dept. allots P10M more for Banawe rice terraces rehab]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[To expand production of traditional or heirloom rice varieties for both domestic and export markets, the Department of Agriculture is allotting additional funding of P10 million this year to rehabilitate the Banawe Rice Terraces.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 17:53:40 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[DA expects 10% boost in corn output for Q1]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Corn production in the first quarter of the year is expected to amount to a 10-percent improvement over the 2.02 million metric tons from the same period in 2012, thanks to good production and good weather, Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said Monday.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 20:16:22 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[PHL expects to ship more than 100 MT rice to foreign markets this year]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Chances are high that the Philippine will exceed its rice export target of 100 metric tons for the year, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said on Monday. &ldquo;I believe we can exceed the target because more countries now want to try different varieties,&rdquo; Alcala told reporters in an interview.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 16:42:55 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Pork association says DA&#39;s new meat imports rules will not affect prices]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The Department of Agriculture&#39;s new accreditation requirements for meat importers will not affect the supply or the prices of meat in the domestic market, the Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines (Propork) said Sunday.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 21:54:42 +0800</pubDate>
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