PDF Philippine Mining Situation 2018: Resisting Plunder, Defending Patrimony
2014. In that same period, world mining number one BHP Billiton was reported to have removed 17,000 workers in its mines in Chile and Australia (Chambers, 2015). World mining number two Rio Tinto has begun adopting driverless trucks in its Australian mines in its efforts to cut down labor costs (Smyth, 2015). Since transnational mining companies'