Philippine metallic mineral production value grew by 9.41% in H1 2019 from PhP55.99 billion in H1 2018 to PhP61.26 billion, a PhP5.27 billion rise. 

Nickel direct shipping ore together with its by-products mixed nickel-cobalt sulfide and scandium oxalate dominated the production scene accounting for 44% or PhP26.64 billion of the total metallic production value.  Gold, on the other hand, took the second spot with 39% or PhP24.11 billion; and followed by copper with 16% or PhP9.89 billion.  The remaining 1% or PhP0.62 billion came from the shared values of silver, and chromite. There was no reported production for iron ore during the period. (See Figure 1).

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