Philippines' minister steps up mining crackdown

Philippines' environment minister Reginal Lopez has ordered the cancellation of 75 mining contracts, stepping up a campaign to stop the extraction of resources in sensitive areas. As David Pollard reports, the order comes after Lopez shut more than half of the country's operating mines.

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