TVI Pacific Inc announced that its Philippine operating affiliate,TVI Resource Development Inc completed its 33rd shipment of copper concentrate produced at the Canatuan mine,on December 13th 2012. 1.4,419 dry metric tonnes of concentrate ...
Brazil and Venezuela started the phase-out of incandescent light bulbs in 2005, and the European Union, Switzerland, and Australia started to phase them out in 2009. Likewise, other nations are implementing new energy standards or have ...
The Philippine Government is expected to grant duty-free access to all US-made textiles, yarn and fabrics in exchange for the duty-free access of Philippine garments to that market. This has transpired as Philippines Department of ...
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Facebook has taken a stake in a $450 million project to link South Asian countries with an undersea cable, a company spokeswoman said Friday. The project is expected to be ready some time in 2014. "We're making this investment to support ...
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Manila Bulletin reported that Uttam Galva Metallics Ltd has started conducting due diligence on Global Steel Philippines Inc for a planned acquisition of the steel complex in Northern Mindanao. As per report, Mr CSS Rao director ...
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A new milk processing plant has been opened in Malungon province in Sarangani, Philippines, which is expected to strengthen the diary industry in the area and provide income for dairy farmers. The project has been funded by Land O` Lakes ...
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Alaska Milk,a leading dairy company in the Philippines,has filed a petition seeking voluntary delisting from the Philippine Stock Exchange. This move comes as the Dutch dairy cooperative Royal FrieslandCampina filed a tender offer notice ...
At the 2012 GlobalPack International Packaging Conference held from 24 to 27 July 2012 in the Philippines, the industry experts said that local packaging industry must be on par with international standards by keeping tabs on trends ...
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RFM,a leading food and beverage firm based in the Philippines,has entered into an agreement to sell its canned meat business,Swift brand,to a subsidiary of Century Canning for about PHP850m($20.49m). In a disclosure to the Philippine ...
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Mitsui & Co Ltd and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd said they have undertaken a review of the Taganito Nickel Project that is being implemented in the Philippines by Taganito HPAL Nickel Corporation, an affiliated company of SMM and Mitsui. ...
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The US$ 800 million naphtha cracking plant, being set up by the Philippines based JG Summit Holdings Inc., would become operational in November 2013. Mr. Bach Johann Sebastian, chief strategist of the Philippine investment holding ...
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Hyundai Asia Resources Inc, the official distributor of Hyundai vehicles in the country, said that sales in the first 10 months grew 13% YoY, driven by a strong turnover in the passenger car category. Hari said in a report that it sold ...
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San Miguel Pure Foods, the food division of Philippine conglomerate San Miguel, has raised about PHP6bn ($146m) with the sale of 2.5 million common shares for PHP240 ($5.82) each. With this move, the company's public ownership has ...
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The Philippine Heart Centre, one of the country's most prestigious hospitals, makes history as the first medical institution in Asia - and only the second in the world - to use the Philips HealWell lighting system. This innovation from ...
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A total of 33,000 compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) were distributed to the Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in the Central Visayas provinces of Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental and Siquijor to replace their incandescent bulbs. The ...
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