Lithium mining: Matching financing to friendshoring
What the collapse of a promising lithium acquisition says about the challenges in financing big-ticket mining assets in developed markets.
What the collapse of a promising lithium acquisition says about the challenges in financing big-ticket mining assets in developed markets.
Strategic acquisition of Lekela Power by Infinity Group allows for economies of scale and potentially a massive boost for renewable energy projects across African...
The heady history of port helped marry tradition and innovation at ITFA’s in person annual trade finance event in Porto. TXF’s Katharine Morton kept her feet steady while...
Following its reorganisation last year, Olam has secured a massive $5.2 billion across three separate facilities to set its new operating groups in motion. With agri...
Cofco has signed the largest loan for an agri trading company yet which is linked to sustainability elements. Jonathan Bell examines this growing trend within...
Financial regulators across Europe, North America and Asia are adopting a variety of strategies to encourage the development of financial technology in their...
The UK Guarantee Scheme was not designed for financing mining projects. But Sirius Minerals, which has already overcome significant hurdles to its North Yorkshire...
Hancock Prospecting made its reputation in iron ore – and closing a huge ECA-backed project financing. Can it help get a British potash project off the ground?
BPL Global's Gina Fitzgerald introduces the concept of private trade credit & political risk insurance.
Commerzbank has expanded and repositioned its export finance department in order to become an even bigger player in the ECA market, as Africa and Russia look set to...
PGNiG Upstream International (PUI), a subsidiary of Polish oil and gas group PGNiG, has signed a $400 million credit facility agreement with eight international banks....
BPL Global, the insurance broker, has secured the services of Peter von Guretzky-Cornitz as a representative for the business in Germany.
The African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim) has arranged a $150 million financing facility for Mauritius-based telecommunications company Econet Wireless Global (Econet)....
The Roy Hill iron ore mining project has secured funding for $7.2 billion from a consortium of five export credit agencies (ECAs) and 19 international banks – the largest...
Senior practitioners of the trade and export finance community will gather at the University of St Gallen this autumn for another edition of IfTI’s Global Symposium. Expect lively debate around case studies and best practices in trade as geopolitical tensions rise.