In a press conference on Thursday afternoon, Garcia said the subject of her executive order was to stop the issuance of ore transport permits for three other dolomite shipments from Alcoy, Cebu to Manila.
According to Garcia, the 25-year MPSA of the firm was specifically for the extraction and exportation of dolomite as an ingredient to the production of glass and steel, among others. Provincial Treasurer Roy Salubre, who also attended the press conference, said the Capitol had since demanded the processing firm in Alcoy to obtain a waste disposal permit but to no avail.
This spike in extraction, the lawyer said, might not have been covered by the firms’ environmental rehabilitation plan which it is supposed to carry out after its 25-year-MPSA since the volume of extraction of the minerals throughout the 25-year-span of the agreement had already been specified prior to its commencement.