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India: Adani Group has entered into a US$3.7bn refinance agreement with multiple banks to refinance the loan it took to acquire Holcim’s Indian business. Live Mint News has reported that the consortium of banks includes Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered, Barclays, Citibank, MUFG Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. Sources ‘with direct knowledge of the matter’ reported that the refinance agreement will have a tenure of 36 months.

India: JSW Cement has signed a US$50m sustainability-linked loan agreement with BNP Paribas Singapore. The Hindu BusinessLine newspaper has reported that the producer plans to use the funds for capital expenditure projects aimed to more than double its production capacity to 50Mt/yr from 17Mt/yr. Current plans include US$388m in investments in the construction of a 2.5Mt/yr integrated cement plant in Madhya Pradesh and a 2.5Mt/yr grinding plant in Uttar Pradesh.

The latest loan from BNP Paribas is the second of its kind taken by the group, following a US$48.5m sustainability-linked loan from Japan-based MUFG Bank in October 2022.

India: JSW Cement has taken a loan of US$48.9m with which to finance its planned 47% capacity growth to 25Mt/yr from 17Mt/yr. MUFG Bank India provided the loan subject to sustainability-linked criteria. Press Trust of India News has reported that the producer’s subsidiary Shiva Cement is in the process of establishing a US$183m 1.36Mt/yr clinker plant and 1Mt/yr grinding plant in Odisha’s Sundergarh District.