Offshore Mining Chamber of the Philippines, Inc. ikinatuwa ang pag-apruba ni PBBM sa RCEP

Masaya na tinanggap ng isang grupo ng mga Pilipinong “clean and green miners” ang desisyon ni Pangulong Bongbong Marcos (PBBM) na aprubahan na ang isang executive order para sa buong implementsyon ng Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) ng ASEAN Plus nations.

Sinabi eto ni Offshore Mining Chamber of the Philippines, Inc. (OMCPI) Chairman Dr. Michael Raymond Aragon kahapon sa isang press conference sa Quezon City.

“The clean and green mining industry and the various companies under the Philippines new blue economy sector (beyond just fishing) may benefit from the preferential tariff reduction for our imported industrial goods and equipment from abroad. We commend the Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI) for this initiative so that Malacanang can act decisively on the matter, ” sabi ni Aragon.

Dagdag pa ng OMCPI Chairman, “since our economy has been adversely affected by the extreme covid 19 lockdowns and the geopolitical conflicts in Russia and Ukraine doing business today its not business as usual as before the pandemic. Our budding blue economy sector needs all the help we can get from our government in order for our new clean and green mining industry to prosper.”

Ang bago at malinis na offshore mining ay ibang iba sa kinagawian at popular na land based mining na laganap ngayon sa bansa. Eto ay ginagawa sa ilalim ng karagatan ng Pilipinas at nangangalap ng mga precious minerals (katulad ng nickel, copper, manganese, iron, platinum, silver, gold, palladium at mga rare earth elements) na ginagamit sa electronics and renewable energy industry. Etong mga nasabing industrya ay lubos na kailangan at gamit ng buong mundo para sa “clean and green energy transistion” natin para malabanan ng kataohan ang climate change.