Australian-Canadian miner OceanaGold Corporation (OceanaGold) said the renewal of its Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) with the Philippine government for the Didipio gold and copper mine in Nueva Vizcaya has remained uncertain. And that the company now expects to spend $1.5...
Thanks to higher ore export prices, listed mining firm Nickel Asia Corporation has booked a surge in its income last year despite the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. In a regulatory filing, Nickel Asia informed the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) that it reported an attributable net income (net of...
Ayala Corporation reported a 16 percent drop in core net income to P26 billion last year as the impact of mobility restrictions weighed down on its various business units. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said core profit excludes the...
A Chinese firm has already dropped out of the Malaya thermal power facility negotiated sale, but four others are still in the running, giving hopes to state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) that its long-wished for privatization of the 650-megawatt facility...
Local share prices rose on continued bargain hunting on the back of gains in the US bourses overnight. Photo credit: PSE Information Desk The main index advanced 41.49 points or 0.61 percent to close at 6,808.32 with only the Financials and Mining and Oil counters retreating. A total of 9.14...
Motorists filling up their vehicles with diesel products will be able to cut their fuel budgets this week by P0.35 per liter; and for those using gasoline, there will be a marginal rollback of P0.10 per liter. The oil companies also announced price reduction of P0.55 per liter for kerosene products...
Philippine Seven Corporation (PSC), the exclusive licensor of 7-Eleven in the Philippines, in alliance with Pito AxM Platform, Inc. (PAPI), a Philippine subsidiary of Seven Bank, Ltd. of Japan (Seven Bank), began installing cash recycling ATMs which accept cash deposits via high-speed bill readers...
Cirtek Holdings Philippines Corporation (CHPC) has been assigned an Issuer Credit Rating of PRS A (corp.) with a Stable Outlook by Philippine Rating Services Corporation (PhilRatings) in relation to its P2 billion commercial paper issuance. This is the initial tranche from a proposed Shelf...
Monde Nissin Corporation, manufacturer of popular food and beverage products such as Lucky Me! instant noodles and Sky Flakes, is raising up to P72.5 billion from its planned initial public offering. The Securities and Exchange Commission said it has received the registration statement of...
Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC) is aiming to earn P12 billion in core net income this year after registering a 34 percent drop in core profits to P10.2 billion in 2020 due to the economic contraction brought about by the pandemic. “We look forward to the gradual recovery of our...
ORIX METRO Leasing and Finance Corporation (ORIX METRO), a unit of the Metrobank Group, was assigned a high issuer credit rating of PRS Aa plus (corp.)with a Stable outlook by Philippine Rating Services Corporation (PhilRatings). A company rated PRS Aa (corp.) differs from the highest rated...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) wants its staff to become food self-sufficient and is even willing to convert certain spaces in its head office to small urban farms. In a statement, SMC said it is building its first urban farm within its head office complex in Ortigas to help build self-sufficiency...
