As Western governments blacklist more of Russia’s key companies over the conflict in Ukraine, Russia has accelerated its initiative to build alternative trade...

Energy and metals trading company Gunvor Group - comprising Gunvor SA, Gunvor Middle East DMCC and Gunvor Singapore - has signed a $420 million secured, uncommitted...

Russian fertiliser producer EuroChem has secured a major loan from a syndicate of international and Russian banks to meet the financing requirements for the development...

Toronto-headquartered, Guyana Goldfields, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, AGM Inc has closed the $185 million, loan portion, of its project financing to fund the...

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation has signed a loan agreement, within a co-financing arrangement, to set up an export credit line with the State Bank of India...

Specialist project finance firm, Portland Advisers, has expanded with the recruitment of two further consultants in response to expanding demand for its specialist...

Commodity trading company, Mercuria, has secured its first ever significant loan in Japanese yen.

Oregon-headquartered XZERES Corporation, a global clean energy solutions company, has closed a loan agreement with Wells Fargo Bank and strategic investors for total...

The Fin4Ag conference held in Nairobi this year was the largest and most expansive event ever staged focusing specifically on agri-financing.

TXF talks to Michael Hailu, director of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) about the unique role of the organisation.

The first ‘modern’ commodity exchanges in Africa were created in Zambia and Zimbabwe in 1994, and in South Africa in 1995. While the first two failed, the South African...

Kenya’s Kyanzavi Farmers Cooperative is one example of how clubbing together into a single commercial estate can help individual farmers improve their yield, attract...

In 2012, ProFound together with the Ethiopian Apiculture Board, SNV Ethiopia and Enclude (formerly Triodos-Facet) initiated the Apiculture Scaling-up Programme ASPIRE.

Athens-headquartered shipping company Star Bulk Carriers Corporation (Star Bulk) has signed definitive agreements with Excel Maritime Carriers (Excel) to acquire 34...

The IFC has launched a $2.5 billion financing programme designed to strengthen India’s capital markets and set up an infrastructure development fund for the country.

ING Commercial Banking in Frankfurt is continuing its expansion with the appointment of Crina Nechifor as head of natural resources and structured metals and energy...

In announcing its half-year financials, Standard Bank has highlighted a $79 million write-down from its exposure to a suspected metal financing fraud in China.

Russian state-owned oil producer Rosneft has asked the Russian government for up to RUB1.5 trillion (approximately $42 billion) to cover some of its immediate and...

Korea Resources Corporation (Kores) has provided a $20 million bridge loan to Minera y Metalúrgica del Boleo (MMB) to fund the continuing construction of the Boleo mining...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has secured deals with the South African state-owned energy provider Eskom and the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA) to build two...