Philippines: Roxol's ethanol facility stopped

Philippines: Roxol's ethanol facility stopped

La Carlota City Mayor Luis Jalandoni III issued a 30-day suspension notice
to the bioethanol plant of Roxol Bioenergy Corp. because of alleged foul
odor in Barangay Nagasi, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental.

The mayor's office issued the 30-day cease-and-desist order dated Sept. 9
against Roxol Bioenergy, owned by listed Roxas Holdings Inc.

"The local government said the suspension of the CDO which was served last
Friday evening may be lifted any time soon as RBC demonstrates a substantial
mitigation of the complained odor," Roxas Holdings vice president for legal
Florencio Mamauag Jr. said in a disclosure to the stock exchange Wednesday.

Jalandoni said the suspension order could be lifted once the company
demonstrated substantial mitigation measures to address the foul odor.

The city government earlier called the attention of Roxol Bioenergy to the
foul odor coming from the plant in 2011.

Roxol Bioenergy voluntary suspended its operations Friday morning "and
implemented 15 dates earlier than scheduled, the regular annual off-season
repairs and maintenance of its plant and immediately addressed the alleged
foul odor," according to Roxas Holdings.

The Roxol ethanol facility, which started production in 2011, is capable of
producing 30 million liters of ethanol annually.

Roxas Holdings also owns another ethanol plant, San Carlos Bioenergy, in San
Carlos City, Negros Occidental.

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

www.aptthailand.com