Blitz Paeste, Mining Technology and Geosciences coordinator, said that they are on the stage of determining the best feed mix ratio of solid wastes to upgrade the soil compost into fertilizer status.
Around 50 households benefited from the pesticides, fertilizers, and vegetable seeds given on Saturday to an indigenous peoples (IP) community under the Social Development and Management Program (SDMP) for the livelihood of the community.
Plogging is a fitness craze that involves jogging while picking up trash. The word is a mix of words of jogging and the Swedish phrase "plocka upp" meaning to pick-up, RTNMC stated. The activity was conducted in annually to each Nickel Asia Corporation (NAC) subsidiaries in the country like RTNMC which has started in 2019.
Jovencio Catadman, Jr., forestry technician of the mine environmental protection and enhancement department, said that after the plantation started in 2015, they waited five years until they harvested coffee cherries weighing 155 kilograms from 2017 to 2018 harvest and increased into 1.7 tons during October 2019 to March harvest.
Ronie Falogme, Mine Rehabilitation and Reforestation Section (MRRS) manager of Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corporation (RTNMC) said that the mining forest program rehabilitation of the mined-out area in GP-4 was planted with numerous species of trees including plants that have metal absorption capacities like ‘Manglas’ or Phyllanthus balgooyi under Phyllanthaceae family.
