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Allengoal Steel, which claims to have submitted the best offer to run NSC, said  that Roxas  is trying to "thwart the lease agreement that could restore life to the NSC plant in the shortest time possible and under the best operation and financing terms."


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Following a meeting last Friday among representatives of major creditors/stakeholders of NSC, Roxas said an evaluation committee was created which would draw up proposals from strategic investors interested in operating the Iligan facilities of NSC.


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In a letter to Trade and Industry Secretary Jose T. Pardo, Ibrahim Bidin,
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shipments into the country.

In a letter to Trade and Industry Secretary Jose T. Pardo, Ibrahim Bidin,
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SEC downplays lawsuit threat over Nat’l Steel Corp lease

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | October 10, 2003 - 12:00am

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Lilia R. Bautista has downplayed Allengoal Steel Fabrication & Trading’s Corp.’s threat to pursue legal action if its contract to lease and operate...

Business

Allengoal scores Roxas over NSC lease agreement

By Marianne V. Go | September 21, 2001 - 12:00am

Allengoal Steel is accusing Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II of trying to thwart the lease agreement which could rehabilitate the ailing National Steel Corp. (NSC). Allengoal Steel, which claims...

Business

Groups enter pact to hasten NSC rehab

By Marianne V. Go | July 10, 2001 - 12:00am

A formal agreement has finally been reached among all parties concerned with the National Steel Corp. (NSC) to enter into a "common evaluation process " to speed up the rehabilitation of the steel firm,...

Business

National Steel seeks moratorium on cheap Russian steel imports

January 8, 2000 - 12:00am

The country's largest steelmaker, National Steel Corp. is asking the Department of Trade and Industry to impose a one-year moratorium on Russian steel shipments into the country. In a letter to Trade and Industry...

Business