Pax Silica seen to benefit Visayas, Mindanao too

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MANILA, Philippines — It’s not just the Luzon Economic Corridor that could benefit from the planned Pax Silica hub in New Clark City, but also areas in the Visayas and Mindanao, where processing plants could rise to supply the minerals needed for advanced manufacturing.

“While it will be located in Clark, [the hub] will be supported by industries, for example, in Mindanao, in Visayas, because that’s where the minerals come from,” Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) President and CEO Joshua Bingcang said at a Kapihan sa Manila Hotel forum on Wednesday.

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Pax Silica seen to benefit Visayas, Mindanao too

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