Standard & Poor's: Grant preliminary "B+" long-term issuer credit rating to West China Cement (02233.HK) with a "stable" outlook.

On November 18th, Standard & Poor's assigned a preliminary "B+" long-term issuer credit rating to West China Cement Ltd. (also known as "West China" with stock code 02233.HK) and assigned a preliminary "B" issue rating to the proposed senior unsecured notes.