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Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Undersecretary Rowena Cristina L. Guevara (center, with eyeglasses) leads the ceremonial groundbreaking of the field testing for the Integrated Gold-Copper Mineral Processing Plant in Barangay Katipunan, Nabunturan, Compostela Valley. The plant will use an environment-friendly mining technology called floatation and gravitation, dubbed “better mines”, which uses no hazardous chemicals like cyanide and mercury. The technology is jointly developed by the DOST and the University of the Philippines Diliman-Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.  (Text by Rodolfo P. de Guzman/Photo by Henry de Leon/S&T Media Service)

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Some 300,000 small-scale miners in the country stand to benefit from DOST’s cyanide-free mining technology

DAVAO, Philippines -- Afterextensive research and development,the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has come up with an environment friendly process for extracting gold and coppersans the use of toxic chemicals like mercury and cyanide.

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In compliance to RA 10028 or the Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2009, the Department of Health-National Capital Region awarded the Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI), the certification as “Mother-baby Friendly Workplace” early this year. FNRI is the first DOST agency to be awarded with said certification which is valid for two years.

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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) officially sealed its partnership with the Land Bank of the Philippines at the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for the OneSTore.ph Project last March 14, 2016 at LANDBANK Head Office, Malate, Manila.