Rusal Achieves Sustainability Benchmarks For 2019 Finance Facility
Russian Federation aluminium titan UC Rusal announced yesterday its achievement of sustainability benchmarks negotiated in a finance facility signed last...
Societe Generale
EGA Refinances US$5.5 Billion In Corporate Debt
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) completed a refinance of US$5.5 billion of its debt, reducing its debt load by US$1 billion. EGA’s refinance of the 2019 note is a senior unsecured note and extends the repayment date by two and a half...
Rusal Inks US$1.085 Billion Sustainability-Linked Pre-Export Finance Facility
Russian Federation aluminium giant U.C. Rusal announced yesterday the signing of a five-year, US$1.085-billion sustainability-linked pre-export finance facility, the first...
Rusal Launches Russia’s First US$750 MM Sustainability Linked Pre-Export Finance Facility
Russian Federation aluminium titan U.C. Rusal said yesterday it is preparing to enter a new five-year sustainability-linked syndicated facility worth...
Events
May’s Rise In Aluminium Exports From China Boosted Prices Above Multi-Year Low
Data released by the government of the People’s Republic of China yesterday showed a surge in exports last month, leading to concerns of oversupply among market participants as well as a rebound from multi-year low prices. Numbers released by Beijing showed a month-on-month rise in exports last month of 7.6 percent to 536 thousand metric […]
EGA Inks US$6.5 Billion Debt Refinancing Loan
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced yesterday the successful completion of a US$6.5-billion term loan facility backed by a contingent of several regional and global financial institutions. EGA’s new note is a senior unsecured facility with a tenor of seven years and a flexible repayment profile, allowing the firm to be more agile in its […]
EGA Mulling Debt Refinance
UAE aluminium smelter Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) is planning to refinance up to US$6.7 billion of its outstanding debt according to sources who spoke to industry media earlier this week. According to sources, the new deal will include refinancing some portion of the US$4.9-billion loan entered into by EGA in the spring of 2016 […]
Aluminium Rides Crest of Industrial Metals Wave to New High
A weaker dollar helped propel aluminium to peak above its 50-day and 100-day moving averages on Wednesday, gaining 1.8 percent and closing the day at US$2,177.50 per metric ton. Softness in the greenback motivated increased investments in metals across the board, as investors sought to protect against value erosion explained Societe Generale analyst Robin Bhar. […]
Experts See Increasing In-Roads in Western Aluminium Industry by Chinese Firms
Industry analysts see an expansion of aluminium firms from the People’s Republic of China into the worldwide automotive and aerospace markets. Such a move may set off a frenzied buying spree of Western metals companies by Chinese firms, they predict. According to experts, Chinese firms are moving into the more lucrative areas of the aluminium […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
