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[Title] => SteelAsia secures P1.25 billion loan for green initiatives
[Summary] => SteelAsia Manufacturing Corp. has secured a loan from Taiwan-based Cathay United Bank amounting to P1.25 billion for the firm’s green steel production and other initiatives.
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[Title] => Factory activity declines in April
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[Title] => SteelAsia to put up biggest industrial solar rooftop in Philippines
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[Title] => Pax Silica
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[Title] => Philippine factory output growth slows in January
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[Title] => Manufacturing momentum builds amid oil watch
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[Title] => SteelAsia secures P1.25 billion loan for green initiatives
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[Title] => Philippine factory output growth slows in January
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[Summary] => In the near absence of a vital manufacturing sector and an agricultural sector that’s terribly underperforming, our economy is dependent on just two legs: OFW remittances and BPO earnings. Both seem fragile these days and that should worry this government if its leadership is half awake.
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