China steel company fails to make interest payment on bond

via Reuters:

China's Dongbei Special Steel fails to make interest payment on 5-year bond due April 12 - FX trading platform operator

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earlier in April was this:

China's Dongbei Steel says faces 'uncertainties' paying interest on some debt

• State-owned Dongbei Special Steel Group Co Ltd said it faces "uncertainties" about paying interest on medium-term notes
• Owned by the Liaoning provincial government in the country's "rustbelt" northeast, Dongbei formally entered into a bankruptcy restructuring process in October aimed at recovering a reported $10 billion in debt
• The company has been at the heart of troubles in China's debt market, defaulting on nine separate bonds last year, and the province is home to other struggling state steel mills such the Anshan Group and the Benxi Iron and Steel Group.