SR Metals Inc., a nickel-mining company in Tubay, Agusan del Norte, was awarded as one of the best mining companies in the country.
SRMI recently bagged the Presidential Mineral Industry Environmental Award, the highest recognition given to outstanding companies involved in mineral utilization.
Since the company joined the mining competition, SR Metals has been showcasing its global best practices.
The company garnered 93.25 percent PMIEA rating in 2014; 96.52 percent in 2015; and 95.58 percent in 2016.
SRMI’s Junrey Rada also received the best surface miner award.
The company was also awarded the safest surface mining operations; and two best community relations practices”•Demo Farm and special skills training and employment for women.
“We always try our best to go beyond what is required but all of these would not have been possible without our strong friendship and partnership with our stakeholders, the local and national government,” said SR Metals president Miguel Alberto Gutierrez.
Criteria and selection mechanics for the award was formulated by the selection committee composed of eight members from different government agencies and from the private sector, including the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Chamber of Mines of the Philippines, Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Interior and Local Government, Department of Health, Department of Science and Technology, Philippine Mine Safety and Environment Association and Philippine Mineral Exploration Association.
Gutierrez said this year was “more challenging than usual” and acknowledged the mandate of President Rodrigo Duterte to DENR-Mines and Geosciences Bureau to conduct an audit to all mining companies.
“We are very grateful to MGB director Louie Jacinto for the opportunity, through the agency’s tough but fair mining audit, that SR Metals is one with the government in observing the industry standards by sharing the concept of the common good,” he said.
