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> <channel><title>www.DiamondNe.ws &#187; Africa</title> <atom:link href="http://www.diamondne.ws/tag/africa/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.diamondne.ws</link> <description>Diamond News</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:55:45 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Moody&#8217;s Changes Outlook of Russian Diamond Giant Alrosa</title><link>http://www.diamondne.ws/2010/09/21/moodys-changes-outlook-of-russian-diamond-giant-alrosa/</link> <comments>http://www.diamondne.ws/2010/09/21/moodys-changes-outlook-of-russian-diamond-giant-alrosa/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:38:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sandy</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Company News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alrosa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Angola]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Catoca]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Diamond]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sakha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Siberia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Yakutia]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.diamondne.ws/?p=6618</guid> <description><![CDATA[Moody&#8217;s Investors Service has changed the outlook to stable on the Ba3 corporate family rating of Alrosa Co Ltd. (&#8220;Alrosa&#8221; or &#8220;the company&#8221;) and Ba3 / LGD 4 (50) ratings on the senior unsecured guaranteed notes of Alrosa Finance S.A. The change in the outlook is driven by the improvement in the diamond market reflected [...]
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