Aluminium Bahrain (Alba): The Pot Line 5 Expansion Project Harvard Case Solution & Analysis

In September 2002, Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), needed to decide how to finance its proposed $ 1.7 billion bank line. Financial Consultant, Taylor de Jong (TDJ), it was recommended to use Alba multisourced financing strategies using as many as five sources of debt with international, regional and local pools of capital. TDJ believes that the strategy of creating competition among lenders, which in turn will save Alba million in financing costs. But multisourced financial strategy went against the typical project financing in the Middle East, and not without risk. Alba management must decide how much funding to use, what and how much to receive from each of them. If the market rejects multisourced financial strategy, the project can become blurred, which could jeopardize the long-term growth objectives of Alba. "Hide
by Benjamin C. Esty, Aldo Sesia Source: Harvard Business School 23 pages. Publication Date: January 5, 2005. Prod. #: 205027-PDF-ENG

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