70th ANNUAL NATIONAL MINE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE

Engineer Louie Sarmiento (extreme right), President of the Philippine Mining Safety and Environment Association (PMSEA) reports that safety practice by the country’s large scale mining companies have progressed during a press conference on Tuesday (Nov. 19) At the Baguio Country Club, Baguio City. Earlier, Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of Sweden in Manila Harald Fries (3rd from left) explains that Swedish companies presence in the conference has demonstrate new technologies in the area of sustainable mining. Also in the photo are Ambassador Delia Albert (extreme left) and Swedish Trade Commissioner to the Philippines Johan Lennefalk.

Text by Primo Agatep/ Photo by Jimmy Ceralde/ABN

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