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Russian potash fertiliser Uralkali has signed its five year $1.45bn-equivalent loan with 13 lenders joining the syndicate. With Uralkali and Suek now signed, lenders have started to prepare for EuroChem.

To believe their PR, banks are now paragons of clean, sustainable economic development.

Siberian Coal Energy Co (Suek) is set to finally close a loan refinancing next week after a lengthy syndication process that bankers close to the deal blame on a growing number of lenders declining to finance coal-burning activities.

Louis Dreyfus Co, the Dutch-based agricultural commodities trader, has renewed its $750m North American bank credit line, and become the latest company to add a sustainability-linked element to its revolving credit facility.

The €350m listing in Amsterdam of Marel, the Icelandic meat processing machinery maker, is covered on the second day of bookbuilding, having gained early momentum partly by attracting two cornerstone orders.

US firm Auramet has increased its syndicated loan to $190m, with the precious metals trader adding to its lending group for an oversubscribed deal.

Marel, the Icelandic meat processing machinery company, has secured cornerstone orders from BlackRock and Credit Suisse Asset Management for its €350m IPO on Euronext Amsterdam.

Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) placed a $500m seven year bond on Wednesday inside its own curve and at its tightest ever spread to the Russian sovereign, according to a lead manager on the deal.

The Trade and Development Bank of Mongolia (TDBM) postponed its proposed dollar bond on Thursday, after opening the order book for the three year notes on Tuesday.

Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK)’s $500m seven year bond drew a book in excess of $1.5bn on Wednesday morning allowing leads to tighten initial guidance, which they said offered a 30bp new issue concession.

Bookbuilding for the Trade and Development Bank of Mongolia’s (TDBM) three year notes was carried over into a second day on Wednesday, giving investors more time to stew over the risks facing the embattled bank.

Vodafone, the UK-based telecoms company, became on Tuesday the latest issuer to enter the green bond market for the first time, delivering on expectations raised when it published its Green Bond Framework last August. The €750m green note was the shortest of three tranches in a €2.5bn deal that drew €8bn of demand.