Truth and the common good should dictate the future of mining in our country.

The highest incidence of poverty in the country is in the mining sector.

Is this the industry that’s the hope of our economy?

Poverty is decreasing in most sectors. In mining, it has gone up by 74% since 1988.

Numbers don’t lie. In a sweeping study on pover ty conducted by Dean Arsenio M. Balisacan of the University of the Philippines School of Economics, data across different industries compared the state of workers using various indices of human deprivations, including income poverty. The results:

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Group: Sector 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009

Agriculture 56.33 54.61 51.15 47.10 48.28 46.10 47.84 47.92

Manufacturing 24.29 22.13 15.71 13.72 14.96 14.51 16.19 17.79

MINING 27.84 28.63 30.22 29.50 34.80 41.27 34.64 48.71

Utilities

Construction

Trade

Transport & communication

Finance

Services

8.73

37.21

21.42

27.28

10.21

17.42

11.41

34.70

21.31

20.89

9.27

15.09

8.23

29.40

15.77

18.45

4.85

12.35

7.58

22.27

13.34

14.33

3.60

9.76

4.43

25.83

12.89

15.16

7.37

9.56

4.12

21.49

10.72

12.79

4.83

9.06

7.44

25.19

13.87

15.62

4.13

12.41

3.23

24.52

13.12

18.25

2.54

11.94

Poverty Incidence (Population), 1988 - 2009, (in %)

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Agriculture 56.33   54.61   51.15   47.10   48.28   46.10  47.84 47.92  Mining 27.84   28.63   30.22   29.50   34.80   41.27   34.64   48.71  

Manufacturing 24.29   22.13   15.71   13.72   14.96   14.51   16.19   17.79  

Utilities 8.73   11.41   8.23   7.58   4.43   4.12   7.44   3.23  

Construction 37.21   34.70   29.40   22.27   25.83   21.49   25.19   24.52  

Trade 21.42   21.31   15.77   13.34   12.89   10.72   13.87   13.12  

Transportation & Communication 27.28   20.89   18.45   14.33   15.16   12.79   15.62   18.25  

Finance 10.21   9.27   4.85   3.60   7.37   4.83   4.13   2.54  

Services 17.42   15.09   12.35   9.76   9.56   9.06   12.41   11.94  

Unemployed 23.28   19.53   16.81   13.01   13.13   10.51   12.65   12.83  

Poverty  Incidence  Table A1. Poverty Incidence (Population), 1988-2009, (in %)

Group 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009

B1  Table B1. Poverty Incidence (Household), 1988-2009, (in %)

Group 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009

Agriculture 50.28   48.46   44.59   40.47   41.04   38.80   40.08   39.60  

Mining 23.92   24.11   28.18   22.82   27.60   33.90   28.16   41.40  

Manufacturing 20.36   18.42   13.40   11.25   12.04   10.97   12.92   13.74  

Utilities 7.00   9.46   5.89   7.50   4.37   2.85   4.88   2.53  

Construction 32.20   29.31   24.26   18.20   20.85   16.82   20.10   19.15  

Trade 18.04   17.43   13.14   10.95   10.21   8.00   10.53   9.72  

Transportation & Communication 22.79   17.66   14.76   11.67   11.74   9.97   11.96   14.01  

Finance 9.08   7.39   3.86   2.89   0.88   1.14   0.26   1.89  

Services 14.78   12.73   10.29   7.91   7.74   6.42   7.93   8.98  

Unemployed 20.18   17.90   15.24   11.16   11.32   8.90   10.14   10.75  

C1  Table C1. Poverty Gap (Population), 1988-2009 (in %)

Group 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009

Agriculture 19.30   18.42   16.87   15.10   15.11   14.54   14.74   14.22  

Mining 8.43   7.58   6.66   11.48   8.21   11.17   11.54   13.80  

Manufacturing 6.36   5.83   3.82   3.29   3.70   3.68   3.86   4.34  

Utilities 2.53   2.48   1.93   2.34   1.17   0.69   0.82   0.78  

Construction 9.49   8.99   7.36   5.11   6.69   4.99   6.25   5.65  

Trade 5.31   5.78   4.02   3.09   3.06   2.42   3.32   3.09  Transportation & Communication 6.58   5.44   4.40   3.23   3.73   2.83   3.84   3.96  

Finance 2.06   2.04   1.13   0.47   0.25   0.21   0.11   0.49  

Services 4.58   3.79   2.92   2.41   2.35   2.04   2.62   2.85  

Unemployed 6.13   5.54   4.47   3.52   3.42   2.63   3.15   2.98  

G1  Table G1. Average Per Capita Income, 1988-2009 (in 2009 prices)

Group 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009

Agriculture 20,108     20,701     21,321     24,031     24,053     24,327     23,818     24,042    

Mining 27,172     35,591     34,279     33,944     31,167     31,991     25,902     24,095    

Manufacturing 38,003     42,602     48,702     58,058     53,539     54,657     48,457     45,404    

Utilities 53,145     49,526     58,280     69,233     74,274     88,364     71,907     70,837    

Construction 27,669     31,258     29,984     39,997     35,539     36,692     34,401     32,636    

Trade 45,336     49,540     51,530     60,451     56,827     59,488     55,703     56,179    Transportation & Communication 32,982     43,168     39,599     46,522     46,702     46,055     45,471     42,434    

Finance 71,644     79,666     76,820     121,589    123,936    108,788    100,740    115,482    

Services 46,420     49,921     50,973     66,865     75,689     70,149     68,403     64,920    

Unemployed 42,825     46,908     48,849     59,241     62,586     66,606     62,858     57,949    

G2  Table G2. Average Household Income, 1988-2009 (in 2009 prices)

Group 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009

Agriculture 108,962    110,819    114,839    124,921    126,148    122,277    119,036    118,670    

Mining 155,031    195,455    191,418    181,801    173,991    157,890    136,101    129,670    

Manufacturing 200,152    225,842    260,475    295,644    279,063    251,739    231,030    213,964    

Utilities 274,956    293,445    332,639    375,899    403,118    444,332    371,436    375,311    

Construction 157,705    179,567    172,330    220,783    197,478    190,790    183,442    171,468    

Trade 232,964    253,631    262,861    303,898    283,210    277,707    258,304    255,887    Transportation & Communication 185,707    237,471    220,771    249,000    250,245    230,769    228,438    208,657    

Finance 377,192    414,605    400,860    615,600    617,844    499,009    441,000    514,254    

Services 246,681    269,579    272,679    342,596    387,003    332,043    325,700    303,076    

Unemployed 200,922    218,222    229,105    272,447    284,320    284,574    272,901    246,597    

Group 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009Philippines 19.1 18.6 15.1 10.4 9.5 7.8 8.2 7.6

LocalityUrban 7.8 10.0 7.5 3.7 3.2 2.4 2.8 2.6Rural 25.9 27.1 22.7 16.5 15.5 13.1 13.5 12.5

RegionIlocos Region 16.3 16.3 12.5 8.1 6.4 4.4 6.5 4.5Cagayan Valley 17.8 17.8 12.2 5.8 4.1 3.2 3.0 3.2Central Luzon 10.8 9.5 9.7 3.3 3.1 1.8 2.7 2.9CALABARZON 18.4 11.2 7.7 4.7 3.3 2.5 2.4 2.3MIMAROPA 29.1 24.5 16.8 12.0 12.3 11.4 14.0 11.1Bicol Region 32.0 33.1 28.6 20.1 21.2 15.9 15.5 10.6Western Visayas 18.1 18.8 13.5 7.6 9.5 7.2 6.6 6.8Central Visayas 35.7 31.9 26.9 20.8 19.8 17.8 18.4 15.6Eastern Visayas 25.3 27.2 24.4 22.3 16.3 11.1 12.3 14.0Zamboanga Peninsula 21.0 22.4 23.6 12.1 20.0 23.5 19.5 20.2Northern Mindanao 22.8 30.4 26.1 18.5 18.1 16.2 16.1 15.2Davao Region 25.3 25.2 22.6 16.8 11.5 11.7 11.5 11.0SOCCSKSARGEN 27.1 28.9 22.9 17.8 11.4 9.3 10.7 10.1NCR 5.0 1.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.6CAR 15.5 24.1 14.6 11.3 8.5 4.4 5.1 4.7ARMM 6.1 12.5 5.3 4.1 7.5 7.6 11.5 8.6CARAGA 16.9 26.1 23.7 19.9 14.8 16.2 14.7 18.4

SectorAgriculture 30.2 29.8 25.5 19.5 18.4 16.2 16.8 15.5Mining 13.6 19.1 15.3 14.2 7.7 16.2 15.9 19.8Manufacturing 11.9 11.1 6.6 4.2 4.5 3.8 3.7 5.0Utilities 4.1 7.0 2.8 2.1 1.1 0.8 0.8 1.0Construction 18.1 18.8 15.2 7.5 10.0 5.7 6.9 7.0Trade 8.3 9.3 6.2 3.7 3.8 2.5 3.5 2.7Transportation & Communication 12.0 10.2 7.6 4.3 4.2 3.2 3.8 3.9Finance 3.0 3.7 0.8 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.4

Table J1. Subsistence Incidence (Household), 1988-2009, (in %)

Services 7.8 6.6 4.8 3.4 2.7 2.1 2.8 2.9Unemployed 9.7 8.9 8.1 4.7 4.3 2.8 3.5 3.4

Class of WorkerWorked for private household 25.7 25.9 27.9 15.7 15.0 7.5 7.2 8.2Worked for private establishment 17.6 17.3 13.7 8.0 9.2 6.6 7.8 8.2Worked for government/government corporation 3.5 4.8 4.2 2.7 2.4 2.0 2.2 2.6Worked with pay in own family-operated farm or business 14.2 25.2 16.3 3.2 8.2 10.5 5.5 17.6Worked without pay in own family-operated farm or business 8.8 14.4 13.9 5.8 4.4 3.4 3.9 6.0Self-employed without any employee 26.2 25.4 20.3 15.7 13.7 12.5 12.6 10.9Employer in own family-operated farm or business 8.4 10.9 9.5 6.0 8.0 6.1 5.6 5.3

Educational AttainmentNo Education 25.8 30.1 24.7 18.4 20.4 21.6 22.1 23.6Elementary Undergraduate 30.8 28.8 25.0 19.2 14.0 16.7 16.5 16.2Elementary Graduate 23.4 23.2 18.7 12.8 4.6 9.5 11.1 9.4Highschool Undergraduate 17.0 17.9 14.2 9.3 2.0 6.6 7.8 7.6Highschool Graduate 8.7 9.2 6.7 4.7 1.9 3.1 3.5 3.4College Undergraduate 3.7 4.0 2.9 1.6 2.1 1.1 1.1 1.1College Graduate 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Group 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009Philippines 12,892,506       14,117,372       12,502,631       9,628,161         9,784,395       8,521,505       9,503,252       9,239,844      

LocalityUrban 2,103,575          3,853,240          3,178,146          1,708,068         1,669,330       1,382,443       1,694,741       1,710,490      Rural 10,788,931       10,264,132       9,324,485          7,920,093         8,115,065       7,139,062       7,808,511       7,529,354      

RegionIlocos Region 692,899             713,387             597,848             444,807             394,170           286,570           423,728           328,512          Cagayan Valley 478,122             512,074             413,869             223,957             150,437           122,925           135,619           138,375          Central Luzon 759,344             771,938             863,612             340,629             364,474           243,558           356,804           391,441          CALABARZON 1,087,530          907,343             677,249             456,037             397,569           348,529           376,789           408,138          MIMAROPA 598,344             550,534             410,907             334,408             398,300           379,161           506,038           439,929          Bicol Region 1,568,857          1,783,749          1,632,829          1,306,101         1,564,174       1,045,344       1,125,442       791,610          Western Visayas 1,155,058          1,357,539          1,076,511          656,932             846,500           665,868           633,527           666,102          Central Visayas 1,712,419          1,645,877          1,517,823          1,297,315         1,318,973       1,325,414       1,460,679       1,362,527      Eastern Visayas 943,314             1,091,991          1,060,489          1,043,204         779,066           598,912           696,395           794,891          Zamboanga Peninsula 532,954             615,225             674,953             396,066             701,468           813,894           764,238           794,143          Northern Mindanao 693,219             1,070,093          1,004,069          802,115             821,894           753,103           831,395           815,939          Davao Region 804,625             858,153             848,391             722,063             579,932           606,658           614,908           621,576          SOCCSKSARGEN 671,044             785,202             650,927             635,345             535,900           451,594           528,467           539,846          NCR 503,690             237,162             124,207             103,148             89,765             72,278             92,829             109,637          CAR 216,877             357,436             237,160             208,062             173,285           90,362             110,029           102,294          ARMM 146,097             293,766             152,449             139,858             246,375           276,494           424,099           364,751          CARAGA 328,113             565,904             559,339             518,112             422,114           440,839           422,269           570,131          

SectorAgriculture 9,032,623          9,913,353          9,029,004          7,134,908         6,855,747       6,298,934       6,605,825       6,133,595      Mining 87,128               115,732             55,986               86,830               89,695             68,758             87,111             113,775          Manufacturing 611,325             676,935             373,027             261,937             326,674           302,674           261,345           354,055          Utilities 15,175               30,058               13,749               12,085               4,206               3,695               4,391               7,344              Construction 675,718             870,612             821,498             550,528             701,270           463,728           574,110           641,190          Trade 475,709             578,468             441,028             311,711             426,257           320,997           496,858           430,496          Transportation & Communication 556,389             486,008             472,320             317,931             420,789           364,243           433,600           417,797          Finance 34,531               45,511               12,200               12,049               774                   1,692               1,364               1,631              Services 663,032             634,669             462,553             393,909             363,564           308,473           448,034           543,668          Unemployed 655,314             766,026             816,174             546,274             595,420           388,310           590,616           596,293          

Class of WorkerWorked for private household 468,000             471,656             579,995             350,081             303,894           117,568           103,780           187,091          Worked for private establishment 3,589,407          3,719,298          3,278,098          2,286,620         2,778,716       2,509,909       2,936,118       3,203,710      Worked for government/government corporation 203,247             293,734             245,155             174,447             205,747           149,580           175,334           229,883          Worked with pay in own family-operated farm or business 12,883               28,509               16,955               5,430                 17,112             14,825             8,739               8,269              Worked without pay in own family-operated farm or business 29,020               86,535               131,212             26,739               38,166             24,985             25,704             48,246            Self-employed without any employee 7,649,719          8,288,663          7,042,724          5,932,224         5,167,714       4,730,318       5,154,984       4,412,503      

Table I2. Subsistence Magnitude (Population), 1988-2009

Employer in own family-operated farm or business 284,916             462,953             392,318             310,093             677,627           586,010           507,979           553,848          Educational Attainment

No Education 900,680             1,048,903          888,734             627,997             746,084           662,720           611,361           694,708          Elementary Undergraduate 5,597,781          5,645,934          5,062,849          4,078,853         7,733,674       3,879,443       4,085,053       4,024,873      Elementary Graduate 3,916,210          4,383,913          3,982,864          2,917,220         1,016,281       2,122,844       2,529,686       2,211,062      Highschool Undergraduate 1,272,575          1,531,763          1,304,627          982,428             220,377           916,106           1,183,540       1,142,660      Highschool Graduate 939,068             1,188,358          1,003,875          821,594             26,079             764,041           905,810           979,097          College Undergraduate 210,216             277,073             227,261             156,197             21,360             147,448           157,391           166,180          College Graduate 55,977               41,427               32,420               43,873               20,540             28,904             30,412             21,264            

Group 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 2003 2006 2009Philippines 2,009,167       2,226,338       1,928,671       1,473,514        1,448,112       1,287,853       1,427,753       1,398,231      

LocalityUrban 310,657           593,199           473,795           247,177            241,181           199,169           242,406           240,089          Rural 1,698,509       1,633,139       1,454,876       1,226,338        1,206,932       1,088,685       1,185,347       1,158,142      

RegionIlocos Region 102,030           109,786           88,134             63,356              51,605             38,910             61,329             45,487            Cagayan Valley 77,747             86,920             63,590             33,810              23,088             18,976             18,731             20,699            Central Luzon 115,103           116,864           126,379           49,030              47,964             31,882             52,127             58,137            CALABARZON 171,627           136,754           100,914           69,747              59,435             54,409             54,885             56,016            MIMAROPA 94,310             88,422             64,793             50,915              55,149             56,874             76,580             65,281            Bicol Region 235,912           272,347           251,338           194,848            232,488           150,458           156,194           113,217          Western Visayas 173,256           201,459           152,836           95,203              115,491           90,950             90,634             98,674            Central Visayas 296,176           288,690           256,628           218,047            218,668           216,657           237,623           214,589          Eastern Visayas 151,621           180,002           169,508           167,184            119,973           83,977             99,915             121,497          Zamboanga Peninsula 79,994             96,198             107,734           60,551              108,506           137,718           121,430           133,449          Northern Mindanao 111,768           168,581           154,809           123,045            124,540           119,792           127,177           127,778          Davao Region 123,507           138,086           132,048           110,135            83,383             94,601             96,340             96,931            SOCCSKSARGEN 98,802             119,542           102,103           97,895              76,622             65,771             80,475             80,674            NCR 71,836             31,290             14,787             13,139              13,297             8,480               12,069             14,615            CAR 33,017             54,839             35,268             29,165              23,491             12,351             15,517             15,175            ARMM 21,667             48,666             21,851             16,755              33,980             38,542             61,638             49,293            CARAGA 50,796             87,892             85,953             80,688              60,432             67,505             65,093             86,720            

SectorAgriculture 1,404,345       1,563,340       1,382,035       1,092,885        1,009,805       956,581           992,336           925,623          Mining 12,636             17,124             9,007               11,305              12,220             10,456             12,247             17,351            Manufacturing 97,522             103,309           58,629             41,796              48,213             46,600             41,506             54,398            Utilities 2,231               4,576               1,992               1,941                805                   528                   627                   789                  Construction 96,435             126,387           117,497           76,267              99,949             64,422             76,845             85,050            Trade 74,084             91,170             66,076             46,829              62,407             47,395             74,328             59,828            Transportation & Communication 78,774             73,232             64,779             46,409              56,715             50,331             60,713             62,326            Finance 5,328               7,212               1,695               1,689                97                     282                   273                   466                  Services 102,794           93,613             73,716             60,313              51,732             45,289             67,916             79,786            Unemployed 121,357           146,375           152,191           94,080              106,169           65,969             100,963           112,615          

Class of WorkerWorked for private household 76,578             77,884             94,212             57,030              46,796             18,648             18,610             28,101            Worked for private establishment 548,326           578,302           487,315           338,509            401,020           366,020           427,153           476,134          Worked for government/government corporation 27,865             40,555             36,258             25,087              26,885             21,472             24,260             32,377            Worked with pay in own family-operated farm or business 1,942               6,064               2,879               776                    2,280               2,252               1,474               1,138              Worked without pay in own family-operated farm or business 4,387               14,870             23,006             4,604                5,827               4,167               3,823               6,914              Self-employed without any employee 1,188,235       1,294,703       1,073,583       909,061            757,167           725,043           777,148           661,323          

Table J2. Subsistence Magnitude (Household), 1988-2009

Employer in own family-operated farm or business 40,477             67,583             59,226             44,835              101,969           84,283             74,323             79,631            Educational Attainment

No Education 159,233           198,501           163,392           114,061            127,212           113,875           105,488           114,916          Elementary Undergraduate 885,832           895,493           793,981           631,729            1,137,992       596,278           630,607           620,694          Elementary Graduate 591,104           667,888           589,609           425,896            142,144           307,754           365,226           326,710          Highschool Undergraduate 191,461           235,518           193,801           146,002            31,927             136,329           167,682           166,518          Highschool Graduate 139,408           181,094           150,050           124,446            3,517               109,260           131,358           142,007          College Undergraduate 33,989             41,288             32,817             24,594              2,275               20,413             23,526             24,013            College Graduate 8,139               6,556               5,020               6,787                3,046               3,945               3,866               3,373              

$  14-­‐B  Investments  in  Mining  Eyed  from  China  Inquirer,  September  7,  2011  

MacroAsia,  Jinchuan  to  invest  $1  B  in  nickel  mine  The  Philippine  Star  (Business),  September  8,  2011  

Mining  in  Surigao  del  Sur  (September  2010)  

Canatuan Mining, Production & Shipment

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