Every article should have a call to action in the 'standfirst'. It's particularly tough to do that on an obituary for a much loved friend and colleague. Perhaps an appropriate one for today is for friends to join us at Sean's alma mater London watering hole, the Cockpit, on 3 December to raise a... More
Cameroon recently signed an ECA-backed loan for a strategic national road project. The deal has provided a financial blueprint for SME exporters to get involved in future such deals in the country - if they are willing to shoulder complex and lengthy deal timelines. More
SACE has closed a $1 billion Green 'Push' Facility with India’s Reliance Industries – the largest and longest green loan supported by the Italian ECA to date.HSBC, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole CIB, KfW IPEX-Bank, Bank of America, SMBC, MUFG and Mizuho participated in the deal.... More
Mercuria has closed its $1,699,084,507 equivalent in USD and CNH syndicated term loan and revolving credit facilities in Asia.The facilities include a one-year USD revolving credit facility, which includes a revolving credit/swingline facility; a new one-year term loan credit facility in Offshore... More
QatarEnergy has signed a long-term SPA with Shell to supply it with LNG for delivery to China.The deal is for the supply of three million metric tonnes per annum of LNG. QatarEnergy said the agreement highlights the continued growth of China's LNG market but did not say how long the duration of... More
Berne Union has expanded with two new Observer Members joining: ABGF of Brazil and MS Amlin, a subsidiary of the Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group.ABGF will participate in the Export Credit Agency and Medium and Long Term (MLT) Committees, while MS Amlin will join the MLT Committee. Berne Union says... More
JBIC has provided a $16 million buyer's credit to Turkish company Yilport. The loan is co-financed with ING, bringing the total amount to around $32 million. NEXI will provide the insurance for the loan by ING.The loan is intended to provide the necessary funds, through Yilport, for Liscont-... More
Hero Future Energies (HFEPL) has entered into a partnership with the Karnataka government to develop renewable energy and green hydrogen projects. The company will invest INR110 billion ($1.3 billion), with projects scheduled to start in 2025-26. The Karnataka government has promised to provide... More
First Gen Corporation has signed loan agreements with three Philippine banks for a total amount of $119 million to support its hydropower unit.The loans were granted by BDO Unibank, Bank of the Philippine Islands and Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation, and will be utilised for general corporate... More
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through Flagship Fund Copenhagen Infrastructure V (CI V), has signed a PPA for the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind project in Taiwan.The agreement is with Sino-American Silicon Products and its renewable energy subsidiary, Sustainable Energy Solution (SES).CIP was... More
Ashurst has appointed Kok Jin Ong in its Corporate Transactions practice, based in Singapore. Jin will become a partner once regulatory approval is obtained.With over a decade of experience, Jin specialises in M&A and joint venture transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors in the... More
TotalEnergies may greenlight a $750 million gas project in Nigeria next year, potentially signaling that the African nation’s efforts to revive investment in its hydrocarbon production are making progress. Earlier this year, the French company approved an investment of about $500 million... More
Afreximbank will provide a $10 million revolving trade finance facility to Dorman Long Engineering to facilitate the importation of steel pipes for threading.Dorman will use the proceeds for the issuance of letters of credits and standby letters of credit to facilitate the importation of the steel... More
Iamgold has exercised its right to repurchase a 9.7% interest in the Cote gold mine from Sumitomo Metal Mining, effectively returning to its full 70% stake in the project in Ontario.In December 2022, Iamgold and Sumitomo amended their Cote Gold joint venture agreement, which resulted in Sumitomo... More
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Full detailsAustralian gold miner Northern Star Resources will buy De Grey Mining in an all-share deal valuing the smaller miner at A$5 billion ($3.3 billion) as high gold prices spur consolidation in the sector.For Northern Star, the deal offers low-cost, medium- to longer-term growth through access to De... More
Australian gold miner Northern Star Resources will buy De Grey Mining in an all-share deal valuing the smaller miner at A$5 billion ($3.3 billion) as high gold prices spur consolidation in the sector.For Northern Star, the deal offers low-cost, medium- to longer-term growth through access to De... More
Shipowner Hapag-Lloyd has secured up to 250,000 tonnes a year of green methanol for its vessels with an offtake agreement from Chinese wind turbine manufacturer and renewable H2 project developer Goldwind.The methanol will consist of a blend of bio-methanol and e-methanol made from green hydrogen,... More
Gulf Renewable Energy Company has signed a $820 million loan to provide construction financing for a portfolio of 12 renewable energy projects across Thailand. The portfolio comprises eight ground-mounted solar PV plants with contracted capacity of 393MW and four ground-mounted solar PV plants... More
EXIM Hungary has issued an international bond worth €500 million. The bonds have a maturity of seven years and an interest rate of 4.5%, and the transaction was arranged by Morgan Stanley. Fitch Ratings assigned the bonds a ‘BBB’ long-term rating equalised with Hungary’s... More
Guyana has received preliminary approval from the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a more-than $500 million loan guarantee to support a natural-gas fired power project and gas processing facility.Construction of the about $2 billion gas-to-energy project is underway. A gas pipeline is... More