American Battery Technology Company has received a Letter of Interest from the Export-Import Bank of the United States for $900 million in financing to support the construction of its commercial-scale lithium mine and claystone-to-lithium hydroxide refinery near Tonopah, Nevada.ABTC has partnered... More

Woodside has made a final investment decision to develop the three-train, $17.5 billion Louisiana LNG project.Woodside is targeting first LNG from the 16.5 million tonne per annum project in 2029. The development has expansion capacity for two additional LNG trains and is fully permitted for a total... More

Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia has struck a major early-stage agreement with GoVerde Energia for the construction of a green hydrogen-driven industrial park. The letter of intent sets the stage for an estimated $1.6 billion (BRL 9 billion) investment across hydrogen, methanol,... More

The Dutch government will allocate €2.1 billion ($2.4 billion) in subsidies to boost domestic hydrogen production and introduce a 4% mandate for the use of green hydrogen in industrial applications.The Green Growth Package, proposed by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Climate Policy... More

China’s state-run Sinopec has signed an agreement with a unit of Saudi Aramco to establish a JV company with a registered capital of CNY28.80 billion ($3.95 billion).The agreement was signed by Sinopec, its unit Fujian Petroleum Chemical Industry Co, and Saudi Aramco’s Singaporean unit... More

Australia's Alkane Resources will acquire Canada's Mandalay Resources in an all-share deal valued at A$559.1 million ($357.8 million), creating a combined diversified gold and antimony producer.The merged entity will have an implied market capitalisation of A$1.01 billion and expects to... More

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has urged Asian Development Bank President Masato Kanda to take concrete steps towards ending loans to China."Secretary Bessent urged President Kanda to take concrete steps towards putting China on a clear path to graduation from ADB borrowing and emphasised... More

FMO has sold its outstanding loans in Compagnie d’Electricite du Senegal (CES) to Kebe Capital. CES operates the Sendou coal-fired power plant near Bargny, in southern Dakar.FMO is now no longer a lender to the Sendou project, effectively closing its final active coal investment. Since... More

Italian companies Duferco Energia and Ansaldo Green Tech have signed a strategic agreement for the supply and commissioning of a 1MW electrolyser, intended for green hydrogen production within the hydrogen valley project in Giammoro, in the province of Messina, Sicily.It is understood that the... More

IDB Invest and JICA signed a financing agreement of up to $20 million with Banco Solidario to facilitate access to resources for women microentrepreneurs in Ecuador. The financing consists of a senior loan of up to $10 million from IDB Invest, which includes a parallel loan of up to $10 million... More

OX2 has submitted the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Laine offshore wind farm in the Finnish exclusive economic zone (EEZ), in the Gulf of Bothnia.The offshore wind farm is planned to feature up to 150 turbines, with a total capacity of 2,250MW. OX2 and Ingka Investments are the... More

Chile is launching a new subsidy programme to boost green hydrogen production and use within the industrial Biobío region.The state development agency Corfo said the ‘Industrial Rings’ programme would provide subsidies for up to 60% of a project’s cost, capped at $5 million... More

Olam Group subsidiary Olam Food Ingredients (ofi) has secured a $350 million term loan facility.The facility has Olam Treasury Ltd as a borrower and has a tenor of two years. The deal is initially guaranteed by Olam Group Limited which will transfer to ofi Group Limited following the planned IPO and... More

Perseus Mining has taken a final investment decision to develop the Nyanzaga Gold Project (NGP) in Tanzania.Perseus has committed to invest approximately $523 million (including contingency) to develop and prepare for the operation of the mine that is expected to produce first gold in Q1 2027. The... More

SACE has launched its Framework Agreement with Egypt's Alexbank, a new solution within the Push Strategy program aimed at increasing Italian exports and strengthening the positioning of Italian companies in Africa.The ECA will issue guarantees up to €200 million in loans provided by... More

Poland’s Orlen Group has signed an agreement with Ukraine’s state-owned energy company Naftogaz for the delivery of LNG from the US.The latest deal marks the third contract under the companies’ long-term collaboration framework signed in March, bringing the total contracted volume... More

EBRD is boosting energy security in Ukraine by lending €270 million (over $306 million) to the state-owned gas entity, Naftogaz. EBRD's investment will finance emergency gas purchases for the next two heating seasons. Norway is complementing the sovereign-guaranteed loan with a... More

Turkey is looking to secure around $41 billion in long-term and low-cost project financing from international institutions over a three-year period.Treasury and finance minister Mehmet Simsek said the country was working with the World Bank, IFC, EBRD, AIIB, IsDB and EIB "to strengthen our... More