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Gunvor closes us $725 million borrowing base to support ara refining operations

Gunvor SA and Gunvor Belgium N.V., both subsidiaries of Gunvor Group, have closed a US $725 million borrowing base facility (“Facility”), which will provide working capital for Gunvor’s refining activities in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region. The Facility was launched at US $700 million and was oversubscribed at US $805 million, before being scaled back to […] Read More

Statement Correcting Inaccurate Ownership Claims

Recent reports concerning Gunvor’s ownership contain unchecked falsehoods. In 2007, for about a year, Mr. Petr Kolbin was a minority investor in Gunvor at a time when the company was looking to diversify its funding base as it grew. His participation did not ultimately make strategic sense and ended completely. He has not had any […] Read More

Gunvor closes oversubscribed us$ 1.36 billion revolving credit facility

Gunvor Group Ltd (“Gunvor” or the “Group”) has signed a US$ 1.36 billion Revolving Credit Facility (the “Facility”) in favor of Gunvor International B.V. and Gunvor SA (the “Borrowers”). The Facility will replace the maturing Tranche A (US$ 1.025 billion) of the Borrower’s Revolving Credit Facility dated 28 November 2014 and refinance Tranche B (US$ […] Read More

Gunvor Sells Kolmar Mining Asset

Gunvor Group has divested its stake in MC Kolmar (Kolmar), a coking coal mining and processing company located in the Sakha Republic of the Russian Federation, to a company controlled by Mr. Andrei Bokarev, an investor in coal mining and logistics assets, transportation and industrial processes. Kolmar operates several mines in the East Siberian Chulmakan […] Read More

Gunvor Group Posts 12% Increase in EBITDA for First Half 2014

For the first half, Gunvor’s EBITDA increased approximately 12% to US $395 million, up US $41 million over the first half 2013. Revenue remained steady at US $45 billion. Volumes increased to 71 million MT, compared with 61 million MT during the same period 2013, and included the addition of metals trading. Read More

Gunvor Closes Asian RCF Oversubscribed At US $536.6 Million

SINGAPORE | 5 JUNE 2014 Gunvor Singapore Pte Ltd (the “Borrower”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gunvor Group (“Gunvor”, or the “Company”), has closed a US $536.6 mil. syndicated revolving credit facility (the “Facility”), which will support existing operations in the Asia-Pacific region. The Facility was oversubscribed, having launched at US $350 mil. Due to continuing... Read More

Gunvor Singapore Launches US $350 Mil. Revolving Credit Facility

SINGAPORE | 28 APRIL 2014 Gunvor Singapore Pte Ltd (the “Borrower”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gunvor Group (“Gunvor” or the “Company”), has launched a US $350 mil. syndicated revolving credit facility (the “Facility”), which will support new investments and existing operations in the Asia-Pacific. “Gunvor is in a strong position, having pursued a strategy to... Read More

L’Agefi: “Challenges & Opportunities in a Changing Market”

GENEVA | 24 FEBRUARY 2014 The following is an English translation of an article authored in French by Gunvor’s director of research and analysis published in the Swiss financial outlet L’Agefi: Challenges & Opportunities in a Changing Market By David Fyfe, Director of Research & Analysis Major physical energy trading houses have in the last Read More

Gunvor Closes USD 1.515 Billion Revolving Credit Facility

GENEVA | 9 DECEMBER 2013 Gunvor Group Ltd (“Gunvor” or “Group”) has signed a USD 1.515 billion Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) in favor of Gunvor International B.V. and Gunvor SA (together the “Borrowers”). Launched at USD 1.2 billion, the RCF was significantly oversubscribed during syndication and was subsequently increased. “The expanding commitment we see from Read More