Dilip Oomen, Managing Director and Chief Executive of Essar Steel informed media persons that the company plans to replace its rupee debt with dollar debt in order to reduce interest cost. By September 2013, the firm plans to refinance its entire domestic debt of around Rs 20,000 crore into dollar terms
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OVL to issue dollar bonds to finance acquisition
Dinesh K Sarraf, Managing Director of ONGC Videsh (OVL) informed reporters that the firm plans to issue $1 billion worth dollar bonds in order to finance its stake buy in Azerbaijan oil fields. The firm delayed its maiden overseas bond issue, which was initially planned between January and March, in order to complete the acquisition
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Tata Steel to issue dollar bonds to raise $1 bn
Media reports indicate that Tata Steel plans to rise $1 billion through issue of foreign currency bonds mainly to refinance loans. November 2009 was the last time the company raised dollar-denominated bonds. Besides this, the company would raise Rs 130 billion for its 6-million metric-tonne steel plant project in the eastern state of Odisha. The plant would be built in phas
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Tata Steel may raise funds from abroad for steel project
In order to fund its Rs 35,000 crore steel plant project in Odisha and also to reduce its debt, Tata Steel plans to raise $1 bn through issue of bonds in the international market by the end of March. The firm plans to raise fund through global bond issue because this may turn out to be a cheaper option for the expa
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US sanction to make payment for Iran difficult
From February 6, Indian banks would not be able to transfer money to Iran for the oil imported by India from the gulf nation. This is because a new US treasury sanction, which bars banks from transferring IranÂ’s oil revenues from importing nations to Tehran, comes into effect from February 6. So far, India has been making 45 percent of the payment to Iran for its crude oil in rupees through the Kolka