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Maaden wins $320m loans for aluminium project

Riyadh, October 16, 2012

 

Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Maaden) said on Tuesday it had signed financing agreements worth $320 million with a Saudi government fund to develop the first phase of an aluminium projects in the kingdom with Alcoa .
 
Saudi Industrial Development Fund, a government institution, has agreed to lend Maaden two loans, the mining company said.
 
The first loan is to its subsidiary Maaden Aluminium Co and the second to Maaden Rolling Mill Co, which is a joint venture with Alcoa in which the international aluminium refiner holds a 25.1 percent stake.
 
The loans are to be repaid over six years in twice yearly installments, with repayments starting for the first in February 2015, and for the second in January 2016, Maaden said.
 
The company added, in a statement posted on the website of the Saudi bourse, that the agreements completed financing requirements for the project.
 
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. was awarded a $1.5 billion contract to build the aluminium refinery, Maaden said in May. - Reuters



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