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Alsons earnings halved in January-September

By Neil Jerome Morales | November 15, 2012 - 12:00am

Earnings of Mindanao-based Alsons Consolidated Resources Inc. (ACR) nearly halved in the January to September period on the absence of non-recurring gains which it booked last year.

Business

Alsons to expand Indonesia business

By Neil Jerome C. Morales | May 22, 2012 - 12:00am

Mindanao-based energy firm Alsons Consolidated Resources Inc. (ACR) said it plans to expand its portfolio in Indonesia amid a projected higher demand.

Business

Alsons sees flat profit growth

By Neil Jerome C. Morales | May 20, 2012 - 12:00am

Mindanao-based energy firm Alsons Consolidated Resources Inc. (ACR) said it expects that growth in its profit at P456 million this year due to the absence of one-time gains from a year ago.

Business

ERC assures timely approval of Mindanao energy supply contracts

January 23, 2012 - 12:00am

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has assured that it is exhausting all efforts to ensure the timely approval of supply contracts of power generation firms to help secure the power needs of Mindanao, a government...

Business

Hike in power demand opens mart for new IPPs

July 28, 2011 - 12:00am

Projections that the Philippines will need an additional 1,200 megawatts of generating capacity in Luzon, coupled with official estimates that demand would exceed supply two years before President Aquino ends his...

Business

Private firms worried over power situation

July 18, 2011 - 12:00am

Private industries are worried that brownouts could hit the country again within two to three years unless additional investments in power generation aside from those already committed or ongoing in Mindanao and...

Business

Alcantara power plant to start by 2014

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | April 29, 2011 - 12:00am

Conal Holdings Corp. (CHC), the power generation arm of the Alcantara Group, expects the commercial operation of its 200-megawatt coal-fired power plant to start by mid-2014 in Saranggani, Mindanao, a company official...

Business

Alsons to invest P300 million in Sarangani ecozone

By Ma. Elisa Osorio  | November 9, 2010 - 12:00am

Alsons Consolidated Resources Inc. (ACR) said it willinvest P300 million in a proposed economic zone in Sarangani. 

Business

Mindanao traders cite urgent need for more power plants

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | September 20, 2010 - 12:00am

Big Mindanao-based business leaders are calling for the construction of additional generating capacities throughout the island.

Business

DOE upbeat Visayas, and Mindanao LNG mart

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | July 31, 2010 - 12:00am

The Department of Energy (DOE) is bullish on the potential of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market in the Visayas and Mindanao.

Business