14th Feb, 2007 Riemann has floated China’s HaiKe Chemical Group on AIM, raising US$20 million for the petrochemical and specialty chemical business with a placing of equity that values the business at US $60 million


HaiKe Chemical Group Ltd ( "HaiKe" or the "Company", and together with its subsidiaries,the "Group" ), a petrochemical and speciality chemical business based in China, is pleased to announce its admission to AIM under the ticker symbol 'HAIK'.
The placing has raised US$20 million (before expenses) for the Group. The net proceeds of US$17 million are to be used in the expansion of heavy oil catalytic cracking production facilities (US$14 million) and the expansion of isopropyl alcohol production facilities (US$3 million).

The Company¡¯s sales revenue reached USD 224 million in 2005 and is ranked among the Top 100 Petrochemical Enterprises in China. At present, the Company is actively enhancing the deep processing operation in its oil refinery business in an attempt to achieve the synergistic combination of its refinery and fine chemicals businesses and sustain the Company¡¯s steady and fast growth.

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