Essar group
Liberty House to bid for bankrupt Essar project in the US
26 Apr 2017
Essar had invested around $1.8 billion into the Nashwauk project over several years but walked away from it in late 2015 due to shortage of cash even after having taken over $1 billion in debt from a consortium of Indian banks to fund the project
Essar sells Aegis to Capital Square Partners
03 Apr 2017
ICICI, Axis, StanChart get back $2.5 bn of Essar loans
22 Oct 2016
ICICI Bank and Axis Bank, which together have an exposure of $1.5 billion in the Ruias-led group, got back $450 million while StanChart with a higher exposure of $3.3 billion received $2.1 billion in cash
Singapore’s Trafigura Group in talks to buy a minority stake in Essar Oil
04 Jul 2016
Singapore-based commodities trader Trafigura Group is in talks to buy a minority stake in Essar Oil Ltd, in a deal that could value India’s second-largest private refiner at about $6.5 billion
Essar Oil completes Rs3,745-crore dilisting
31 Dec 2015
Essar Oil to delist, buy back shares at Rs146.05 apiece
07 Dec 2015
The number of domestic retail investors in Essar Oil is reported to have fallen nearly 18 per cent since June last year to 7.9 per cent in September, even as FII holdings rose to 5.4 per cent from 4.1 per cent
Ruias to sell 49% in Essar Oil to Russia's Rosneft for Rs10,500 cr: report
16 Jun 2015
The Ruias, along with Essar Energy Plc, own 90 per cent stake in Essar Oil and a deal with Rosneft will make the Ruias a minority shareholder in the company
Essar exits telecom business monetising $6 billion
17 Jan 2015
Cayman Islands-based Essar Global Fund Ltd is a global investor controlling a number of world-class assets in core sectors of energy, infrastructure, shipping and BPO
Putin visit results in $10-bn oil deal between Essar, Rosneft
12 Dec 2014
The agreement will ensure a secure market for the sanctions-hit Russian oil giant while Essar will have reliable and stable supplies of oil and oil products to its refining facilities
AGC Networks makes top management changes
17 Jun 2014
Essar Global Fund wins shareholders approval to buy Essar Energy
10 May 2014
London-based Essar Energy owns the Vadinar refinery in Gujarat, the second-largest private sector refinery in India, the Stanlow refinery in the UK, a 50-per cent stake in the Kenya Petroleum Refinery Limited
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