OREANDA-NEWS. February 09, 2009. Striving to further extend cooperation with the largest Russian coal company VTB Bank has provided a RUB 9.66 billion loan to OJSC Siberian Coal Power Company (SUEK) for an 18-month period, reported the press-centre of VTB.

In December 2008, VTB gave a RUB 2.5 billion loan to OJSC SUEK-Kuzbas, a coal-mining subsidiary of SUEK in Kemerovo region.
 
Active cooperation between VTB and SUEK started in 2004, with more than 230 loans having been made ever since.

Financial support of coal industry companies regarded as backbone enterprises of the domestic economy has traditionally been considered by the Bank as a one of its top-priority goals. Currently, VTB loan portfolio for coal industry enterprises has approximated RUB 63 billion.