SMPC: Bidding rules risk billions in state revenues
Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) has strongly criticized the government's coal bidding rules, arguing they risk billions of pesos in state revenues with no commensurate gain. The company claims the rules are 'unfair' and is calling for the auction process to be halted.
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