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    Posted January 10, 2013 by
    MaryAnawim
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    Black Sand Mining in Ilocos Sur, Philippines

     

    30,000 cubic meters of Black Sand are already extracted from two hectares area along the seashore of Caparacadan, Caoayan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines  transported by Chenglong Motors of China Trucks on daily basis since Oct 2012 to Salomague Port, Cabugao, Ilocos Sur, Philippines for shipment to Taiwan. On site is 1,000 cubic meters of Black Sand  ready to be hauled in the continuing coastal mining operation in Caparacadan, Caoayan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines  as seen in this  Video taken on Jan 9, 2013, with 3 backhoe equipment, 5 loaders, 10 Chenglong Motors of China Delivery trucks, and 4 conveyor machines. No more black sand in Caparacadan. It is already devastated land. Similar large scale Black Sand extraction has already been done in San Sebastian, San Vicente, since 2008. This is on shore mining. In Sta. Catalina, the whole seashore of Paratong and Tamorong is now eroded due to off shore mining since 2008. Off shore mining is the use of sanction machine to extract 200 truck loads in just four hours with cargo vessel docked even three kilometers away from the seashore.

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