2017 2018 Minerals Yearbook
19% each; and dolomite, by 14%. iron ore was not produced in 2017 (table 1). Structure of the Mineral Industry The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), which is under the DenR, reported that as of 2017, the Philippines had 50 operating metallic mineral mines and 61 nonmetallic mineral mines. The metallic mineral industry was wholly owned