The 2010 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) conducted nationwide covered a total of 75 Mining and Quarrying establishments with total employment of 20 and over. Majority of these establishments were engaged in mining of non-ferrous metal ores except precious metals with 33 establishments or 44.0 percent of the total.

Number of Establishments Dropped to 187

The 2003 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) estimated the total number of establishments engaged in mining and quarrying activities to be 187, down by 41percent from the 317 establishments in business operations during the year 2001. The number of establishments in all industries under this sector registered negative growth rates ranging from 50 percent for the stone quarrying, clay and sand pits industry and 33.1 percent for the non-metallic mining and quarrying industries. Figure 1 shows a comparison of the total number of mining and quarrying establishments in 2003 and 2001.