Philippines: Republic Cement, a subsidiary of Ireland’s CRH, has won the Quarry Operations award at the 2021 Presidential Mineral Industry Environmental Awards in Quezon City for its work sustainably supplying limestone to its Bulacan and Batangas cement plants. The Batangas quarry also won the Safest Quarry award, while the Bulacan quarry won the Best Mining Forest Programme in the Non-metallic category. The company’s Iligan quarry won the Platinum Achievement for Quarry Operations award. President Lloyd Vicente received the prizes.
