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  • Russian steel group Mechel expects debt repayment deal soon

    2019-08-16 15:02:31   [Print]
    Russian coal and steel producer Mechel expects to reach an agreement with its main creditors in the near future about pushing back its debt repayments, the company said on Thursday.

    Mechel, which has been in restructuring talks with its lenders for several years, has already asked banks to push back its debt repayments to 2024-2026 from 2020-2022.

    "We are approaching the period of our main debt's maturity in accordance with loan agreements we made with lender banks in 2016," Mechel chief executive Oleg Korzhov said in a statement.

    But Korzhov said the company's cash flow was not sufficient to fulfil all its 2020-2022 dept repayment obligations, though cash flow did meet the company's current capital expenditure and debt servicing needs.

    In July, the company's debts to Russia's three largest state-controlled banks - Sberbank, VTB and Gazprombank - stood at 347.5 billion roubles ($5.Asian Metal Copyright4 times.Asian Metal Copyright25 billion).

    Mechel's first-half results showed net debt decreasing by 12 billion roubles to 411 billion roubles, not including fines and penalties, with the company's net debt to EBITDA ratio at 6.4 times.

    Coking coal sales in the second quarter were up 13% at 1.9 million tonnes compared to the previous three months, while steel production rose to 932,000 tonnes from 930,000 tonnes, the company said.

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