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UAE firm eyes majority stake in Vedanta's Zambian mines in expansion drive

The Zambian government owns 20% of KCM through state firm ZCCM-IH

Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Group to raise $300 mn through debt securities

The Indian miner raised funds via non-convertible debentures thrice in fiscal year 2024, the latest being in December last year for 3,400 crore rupees

Ex-BofA veteran overseeing Vedanta Group's restructuring steps down

Davis, who was named as president for strategy at Vedanta Resources Ltd. last year, was working closely with the group's lenders and shareholders

Govt rejects Hindustan Zinc's plans to split company into different units

Vedanta has a 64.9% stake in Hindustan Zinc

Anil Agarwal's Vedanta receives an administrative warning from Sebi

Vedanta said that the development will have no impact on financial, operational or other activities of the company, quantifiable in monetary terms to the extent possible

Vedanta Resources to deleverage debt by $3 billion over 3 years: Official

Vedanta Resources, the parent firm of Mumbai-based mining conglomerate Vedanta Ltd, does not foresee a rollover of its loans and plans to deleverage as much as USD 3 billion debt over the next three years, a senior official said at an analyst meeting. "Deleveraging is our priority. We would be deleveraging the debt of Vedanta Resources by USD 3 billion over the next three years. Vedanta Ltd's cash flow pre-growth capex is estimated to be USD 3.5-4 billion for the financial year 2025, sufficient for secured debt maturities of USD 1.5 billion," said Navin Agarwal, Vice Chairman, Vedanta Ltd and member of Promoter Group, at a recently concluded analysts' meet, according to analysts who attended the meeting. The financial year 2025 maturities of USD 1,100 million and close to USD 750 million of interest servicing would be managed through brand fees, dividends from operating companies, asset monetisation and other strategic initiatives. "Vedanta is a dynamic organisation that continuousl

Vedanta Resources makes upfront payment of $779 mn to bondholders

Metals and mining giant Vedanta Resources Ltd on Friday said it has made an upfront payment of USD 779 million to its bondholders and completed repayments as part of the debt restructuring exercise. The upfront payment to the bondholders was made on Wednesday, Vedanta Resources Ltd (VRL) said in a statement. VRL has completed repayments to its bondholders on February 7, 2024, in line with the consents it received earlier in the year in which maturities of USD 3.2 billion in bonds were successfully extended to 2029, the statement said. "Vedanta Resources has successfully made an upfront payment of USD 779 million in cash on February 7 to bondholders to redeem a portion of the bonds, and extend their maturities," the company, promoted by billionaire Anil Agarwal, said. It has also paid a consent fee of USD 68 million to the bondholders who had agreed to the restructuring, the company said. Vedanta in January received consent from bondholders to restructure four series of bonds to ea

Hindustan Zinc Q3 net profit falls to Rs 2,028 cr dragged by lower income

Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) on Friday posted a 6 per cent decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 2,028 crore during the quarter ended December 2023, dragged by lower income. It had clocked Rs 2,156 crore net profit during the October-December period of the preceding 2022-23 fiscal, the company said in an exchange filing. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, the profit grew 17 per cent as against Rs 1,729 crore in the July-September quarter. During the quarter under review, the company's total income reduced to Rs 7,606 crore from Rs 8,214 crore a year ago. Its expenses were Rs 4,937 crore as against Rs 5,028 crore in the year-ago period. Hindustan Zinc is the world's second largest integrated zinc producer and fifth largest silver producer. The Udaipur-based company holds about 80 per cent of the growing zinc market in the country.

S&P Global Ratings ups long-term issuer credit rating on Vedanta Resources

S&P Global Ratings on Monday said it has raised long-term issuer credit rating on Vedanta Resources. The rating has been upgraded to 'CCC+' from 'selective default'. On January 12, S&P Global Ratings downgraded debt-laden Vedanta Resources Ltd to 'selective default' after the mining conglomerate concluded a deal with creditors to extend the maturities of its three dollar bonds. S&P Global Ratings has also raised its long-term issue ratings on the company's outstanding bonds due in January and August this year, and March next year to 'CCC+' from 'D'. "Completion of the liability management exercise has alleviated refinancing risk for Vedanta Resources, although liquidity risks remain," S&P Global Ratings said in a statement. At the same time, S&P Global Ratings has raised its long-term issue rating on its April 2026 bond, which was not part of the liability management, to 'CCC+' from 'CCC'. The stable outlook on the London-headquartered firm reflects the high ...

S&P downgrades Vedanta Resources to selective default after debt extension

S&P Global Ratings has downgraded debt-laden Vedanta Resources Ltd to 'selective default' after the mining conglomerate concluded a deal with creditors to extend the maturities of its three dollar bonds. "We view Vedanta Resources' just concluded liability management exercise, which involved three of its US dollar-denominated bonds, as a distressed transaction," the rating agency said in a statement. The junk-rated Vedanta had last week stated that its bondholders have approved extension of the maturities of USD 3.2 billion of bonds maturing in 2024 and 2025. Under the deal, the company will pay USD 779 million upfront, with the remaining principal extended by as much as four years. "On January 12, 2024, we lowered our long-term issuer credit rating on Vedanta Resources to 'SD' (selective default) from 'CC'. We also lowered the issue ratings on the company's bonds due January 2024, August 2024, and March 2025 to 'D' from 'CC'," S&P said. The issue rating on the UK- and ...

Moody's downgrades senior unsecured bonds issues by Vedanta Resources

Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday said it has downgraded its rating on the senior unsecured bonds issued by Vedanta Resources to Ca from Caa3. The rating for the Corporate Family Rating (CFR) of Vedanta Resources was also downgraded to Caa3 from Caa2, Moody's said. "We view the debt restructuring as default avoidance and assess that the creditors have incurred an economic loss with respect to the original promise. We consider the transaction to be a distressed exchange under our criteria, which underpins our downgrade of VRL's ratings," Moody's Senior Vice President Kaustubh Chaubal said. Last week, Vedanta Resources, the UK-headquartered parent company of Vedanta group, received bondholders' approval to restructure four series of bonds. "Proforma the debt restructuring, holdco VRL's near-term liquidity will improve only slightly and its refinancing wall will start building up as it approaches its next bond maturity in April 2026. "Furthermore, a springing covena

Vedanta Resources' bondholders back company's debt restructuring plan

"The overwhelming consent to the revised terms will take immediate pressure (off) Vedanta to repay the debt obligation," Vedanta Resources said

Majority bondholders have consented to restructuring: Vedanta Resources

The company said 97.78 per cent, 98.69 per cent, 99.6 per cent, and 99.12 per cent of the four series of bonds respectively have consented in favour of the company's proposed restructuring

Vedanta Resources faces investor reckoning over $3.2 billion of bonds

Vedanta needs a green light from at least two-thirds of the bondholders in each of the three securities to proceed with the plan. A holder meeting will be held on Jan. 4

Vedanta board approves raising of Rs 3,400 cr NCD for refinancing purposes

These would be secured, Unrated, Unlisted, Redeemable, NCDs of face value Rs 1,00,000/- each aggregating upto Rs 3,400 crore in one or more tranches, the company said

Vedanta Resources secures debt refinancing worth $1.25 billion: Report

Earlier on Thursday, S&P Global Ratings downgraded Vedanta Resources Ltd's long-term issuer rating and bonds from "CCC" to "CC" on potential extension of bond maturities

S&P downgrades Vedanta Resources to 'CC' on potential bond extensions

The ratings remain on CreditWatch with negative implications, where they were first placed on September 29, 2023

Vedanta Resources to raise $1.25 bn through foreign investors at high rates

While foreign debt typically carries interest rates ranging from 10-12%, Vedanta's loans have been offered at 18% interest rate for three years, beginning in January

Stocks to Watch: Vedanta, Adani Ports, Lupin, Tata Power, MCX, BHEL, IFCI

Stocks to watch on Thursday, November 09, 2023: Adani Ports Sri Lankan JV to get $553 mn funding from the US DFC. Patanjali, Phoenix Mills and Brigade Enterprises to react to strong jump in Q2 profit.

Vedanta in talks to raise upto $2.5 bn to repay overseas bondholders

The group's holding company, Vedanta Resources, is also looking to sell part of its 63.71 per cent stake in Vedanta Ltd to meet any funding requirements