Duterte Warns Philippine Miners: We Can Survive Without You
- Nickel prices are heading for highest close in about a year
- Country can live without the revenue from mining: Duterte
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ratcheted up pressure on the country’s miners, the world’s biggest suppliers of nickel ore, telling them either to comply with international environmental standards or shutter. Nickel prices headed for their highest close in about a year.
“You obey or we will survive as a nation without you,” he told a briefing in Manila Monday, saying the country can live without the revenue from mining.