The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) chief Gina Lopez has expressed her animosity towards the "grossly unfair" Philippine Mining Act of 1995, indicating that the mining act should be overhauled in a way that it would no longer allow open-pit mining.

Passed into law in 1995, the Philippine Mining Act is the main legislation that governs all mining operations in the country. It includes measures to protect the environment and defines areas in which mining should be allowed.
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