Glencore has increased its stake in Stillwater Critical Minerals to 15.4% for a total investment of C$7.1 million (about $5.2 million) in less than a year.Glencore now owns 15.4% of the Montana platinum group metals developer and its eponymous project next to Sibanye-Stillwater’s Stillwater... More

JBIC agreed a 25-year loan of up to $248 million with Companía Minera Arqueros (CMAQ) to fund development of the Arqueros copper mine in the Coquimbo Region of Chile.The loan is co-financed with Mizuho, SMBC and MUFG, bringing the total amount to $355 million. Japan's Nittetsu Mining is... More

The bid evaluation process for the contract to develop a waste-to-energy (WTE) plant in the Al Nahrawan area of Baghdad Governorate is expected to be completed in the coming week.The plant will have the capacity to treat 3,000 tonnes of waste a day and generate nearly 80MWh of electricity. The... More

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners signed an MoU with German energy firm Uniper to supply 140,000 tonnes a year of green hydrogen from its 1GW HOST PtX Esbjerg project.The companies anticipate that from the end of 2028, the plant in Denmark will feed H2 into a cross-border pipeline to the German... More

EBRD is boosting Palestinian export and import activities by providing a $2 million trade finance line to the Arab Islamic Bank.The trade finance line, given under the EBRD’s Trade Facilitation Programme, will be used to issue guarantees in favour of confirming banks for pre-export and... More

NIB has signed a ten-year loan with the Norwegian utility Eviny to co-finance an investment programme to increase sub-station and grid capacity in Western Norway.The NOK1.5 billion ($135 million) loan will help finance projects carried out in the areas of Kollsnes, Mongstad and Fensfjordsbassenget... More

Olam Agri Holdings upped its offer for Australia’s Namoi Cotton, topping a proposal from rival Louis Dreyfus Company and heating up a bidding war between two agricultural commodity giants.Olam Agri offered A$0.66 cash per share, valuing the producer at A$135.5 million ($88.4 million), subject... More

Yinson Production has raised a $1.3 billion limited recourse term loan to fund pre-and post-delivery financing for its Agogo floating storage production and offloading vessel (FPSO).Coordinated by Standard Chartered, the debt is being provided by 13 lenders, including international banks and... More

ITFC has launched its newest flagship Trade Connect Central Asia+ Program.The aim of the program is to facilitate economic growth and regional economic integration amongst the six Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member countries in the Central Asia region, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic,... More