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CITIC RESOURCES: Moody's Affirms Ba2 Ratings
Moody's Investors Service affirmed last week the Ba2 corporate family rating on CITIC Resources Holdings Ltd (CITIC Resources), and the Ba2 rating of the US$1 billion seven-year unsecured senior notes issued by CITIC Resources Finance (2007) Ltd and guaranteed by CITIC Resources. At the same time, Moody's removed both ratings from their provisional status. The ratings outlook is stable.
The affirmation follows CITIC Resources' completion of acquiring from CITIC Group 50% equity interests in CITIC Canada Energy Ltd (CCEL) which owns indirectly 100% voting rights of JSC Karazhanbasmunai (KBM). KBM has the right to develop and produce oil from the Karazhanbas oilfield in Kazakhstan until Jun 2020.
CITIC Resources' joint venture partner, JSC KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (KMG EP), has also completed its acquisition of the remaining 50% equity interests in CCEL from CITIC Group. KMG EP is 61%-owned by JSC National Company KazMunaiGas, the state-owned oil company of Kazakhstan.
About CITIC Resources
Incorporated in Bermuda in 1997, CITIC Resources has its shares listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The company positions itself as an integrated provider of key commodities and strategic natural resources with particular focus in oil business. The principal activities of the company and its subsidiaries are in the fields of oil, aluminium, coal, import and export of commodities, manganese and iron ore. CITIC Group (formerly China International Trust and Investment Corporation) became the majority controlling shareholder of the Company in March 2004, indirectly holding interest in the Company of over 54%.
The Troubled Company Reporter-Asia Pacific reported on July 31, 2007, that Standard & Poor's Ratings Services raised the corporate credit rating on CITIC Resources Holdings Ltd. to 'BB+' from 'BB'.
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