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GRAPHIC: Thai corporate debt: http://link.reuters.com/beb54w By Orathai Sriring and Satawasin Staporncharnchai BANGKOK, April 7 (Reuters) - Thai businesses are rushing to the debt market after raising a record 1.74 trillion baht ($54 billion) last year, encouraged by demand from investors seeking higher returns in the face of low-yielding bank deposits and a relatively volatile stock market.

WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said in an interview released on Tuesday he is confident sanctions against Iran could be reimposed if Tehran violates an agreement to restrict its nuclear program.

KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia, April 7 (Reuters) - The Yasref refinery in Saudi Arabia, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and China's Sinopec has exported its first shipment of petroleum coke, the company said on Tuesday.

April 6 (Reuters) - About 420 gallons of oil spilled into the Mississippi River, forcing authorities to close part of the waterway after a ship collided with vessel offloading crude in southern Louisiana on Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

- Clyde Russell is a Reuters columnist. The views expressed are his own.

* Glencore, Tohoku set thermal coal price at $67.80/T -sources

* Australia pursuing multibillion-dollar claims on BHP, Rio -AFR

MOSCOW, April 7 (Reuters) - Russia may offer Greece a discount on gas deliveries and new loans when Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visits Moscow this week, the Kommersant business daily reported on Tuesday, citing one source in the Russian government.

MOSCOW/JOHANNESBURG, April 7 (Reuters) - Russia is persuing costly state oil and platinum projects in Africa despite an economic crisis at home, hoping they will bolster sales, including of arms, for businesses hit by Western sanctions over the conflict in Ukraine.

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