MANILA, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The Philippines' environmentminister on Monday ordered the stoppage of all small-scalemining activities in a mountainous region in the country's northfollowing major landslides after super typhoon Mangkhut hit thecountry.
"I officially order the cease and desist of all illegalsmall-scale mining in Cordillera Region," Environment andNatural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu told a media briefing.
Mangkhut, with hurricane-force winds well over 200 km perhour (124 miles per hour), barreled past the northern tip of thePhilippines on Saturday, killing at least 50 people, themajority of them due to landslides.
It then skirted south of Hong Kong and neighbouring Macau,before making landfall in China. (Reporting by Manolo Serapio Jr.; editing by ChristianSchmollinger)
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