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  "id": 6416860,
  "title": "Dangote refinery cuts debt to $5.7bn ahead of record IPO",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/dangote-refinery-cuts-debt-to-5-7bn-ahead-of-record-ipo",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-09T11:18:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Moneyweb",
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    "url": "https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/africa/dangote-refinery-cuts-debt-to-5-7bn-ahead-of-record-ipo/"
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  "summary": "A swing to profit of $1.82bn in the six months through June from a loss of $282.1m a year earlier enabled the debt reduction after the Nigerian facility ramped up production and saw higher sales boosted by the US-Iran war.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Dangote Refinery IPO: NGX loses massive N1.9tn in two days as investors sell stocks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/dangote-refinery-ipo-ngx-loses-massive-n1-9tn-in-two-days-as",
        "published": "2026-09-09T21:18:17.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}