Metalloinvest Finance Designated Activity Company
S&P assigned a new credit rating to Metalloinvest

 S&P assigned a new credit rating to Metalloinvest

Moscow, Russia – 9 March 2022 – Metalloinvest (“the Company”), a leading global iron ore and HBI producer and supplier, and one of the regional producers of high-quality steel, today announces that S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) has downgraded the Company’s corporate rating to “CCC-“/Watch Negative from “BBB-“/Stable.

According to S&P’s statement, the agency downgraded 52 Russian corporates following similar action on sovereign on March 3rd. S&P noted, that virtually all rated corporates and utilities companies in Russia are directly affected by uncertainties around their technical ability to make timely debt payments to all creditors irrespective of their financial capacity to pay.

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Public Relations

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About Metalloinvest

Metalloinvest is a leading metals and mining company with the largest proven iron ore reserves on a JORC-equivalent basis

(15.4 billion tonnes and about 150 years of reserve life). The company is the world’s largest producer and supplier of merchant hot briquetted iron (HBI) products, a low-carbon raw material used to produce green steel; Metalloinvest holds a leading position in the production of pellets, iron ore concentrate and high-quality steel.

In 2021, revenue amounted to USD 10.6 bn; EBITDA – USD 5.75 bn. The company has 10+ years track record on public debt capital markets.

Alisher Usmanov is the main beneficiary of the company (with a 49% stake) through Holding Company USM LLC.

Ticker (Bloomberg): METIN RU; official website: www.metalloinvest.com