VENEZUELAN ALUMINUM FIRM TO CREDITS the venezuelan state aluminum company venalum is negotiating a total of 123.9 mln dlr in credits from abroad for a planned expansion of production faciities, finance minister manuel azpurua said. Azpurua spoke to reporters after meeting representatives of the kreditanstalt fur wiederaufbau (kfw) bank of germany, who tommorrow will sign a agreement to grant 100 mln marks (54.9 mln US dlrs) in credits to venalum. The agreement will have an eight and one-half year term and a fixed interest rate of 6.13 pct. Azpurua said venalum is negotiating credits of 14.9 mln dlrs from the swiss bank corporation, 14 mln dlrs from mitsubishi of japan and 40 mln dlrs from eksportfinans of norway. "this proves we are achieving our goal of reestablishing the financial flows to the country," said azpurua. The credits would go to the installation of a fifth production line in venalum, one of three state aluminum companies, which produces primarily for the export market.