Analysis of the recent NBI/PAOCC raid on Davao Mighty Steel Corp. and the implications of closing the Plant
Analysis of the recent NBI/PAOCC raid on Davao Mighty Steel Corp. and the implications of closing the plant. On 13 August 2026, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), in coordination with the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI), and supporting CBRN units from the Philippine Air Force, Philippine Coast Guard, and the 10th Infantry Division, implemented search warrants at the Davao Mighty Steel Corporation facility in Barangay Ilang, Bunawan District, Davao City. Technical examinations confirmed the presence of radioactive isotopes—Uranium-238, Thorium-228, Thorium-232, and Radium-226—across finished reinforcing bars (rebars), furnace-related materials, residual black sand, industrial powders, dust, wastes, wastewater, and other production residues. The company held no license or authority under Philippine nuclear regulations to acquire, possess, use, store, sell, transfer, import, or export nuclear or radioactive ma...
