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Despite a sovereign financing crisis that has pushed the country to the brink of a deal with the IMF, Egypt’s companies are starting to make headway in returning to the international capital markets. Parts of the Orascom conglomerate are now negotiating a $2bn plus refinancing with banks co-ordinated by Citi, while the state owned Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation recently signed a $150m best efforts loan led by Crédit Agricole.
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A syndicated loan for Russian aluminium producer Rusal will reach its $5bn target, according to bankers on the deal.
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Dutch commodities trading company Trafigura has pushed back the closing date of its $700m loan to wait for one more commitment. Bankers think the deal is struggling with a now familiar problem of oversupply in the commodity sector — and could be suffering for pricing its deal tightly at the start of August, before bankers reassessed pricing after a solid month of volatile markets.