ChTPZ Plans Share Issue

By The Moscow Times

YEKATERINBURG — Steel pipe maker ChTPZ said Wednesday that it was planning a new share issue to pay down its debt pile of more than $2 billion.

The firm said it has not yet decided whether it wants to sell new shares through a secondary public offering or to a strategic investor.

(Reuters)

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