VOL. XXXVI

NO. 1

5-OCTOBER-1992

Financial and Banking News

REGIONAL FINANCING

Alba Signs $70mn Commercial Loan

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) on 30 September signed a commercial loan worth $70mnthat will finance the construction of power substations, switch gear andtransformers, plus a link between its own power station and the government powerstation at Rif'a (MEES, 17 August). Ten commercial banks participated in theloan, with The Arab Investment Company (TAIC), Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (BBK),British...