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04 March 2020

Export finance report 2019: A drastic drop in global ECA-backed deal volume

Overall volumes of global export finance fell by almost 30% last year compared to 2018 according to the full-year TXF 2019 Export Finance Report. Max Thompson reviews the...

27 February 2020
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Telecoms and Communications

Three telcos sign MOU for Malaysian fibre roll-out

Celcom Axiata, Digi Telecommunications and Maxis have signed a MOU to explore joint fibre infrastructure development including optimising Malaysia's existing fibre...

25 February 2020
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Infrastructure, Transport

EU to help finance €34m Tulcea port project

EU funds will finance 75% of a €34 million project to rehabilitate and modernise the port and the riverfront in Tulcea, the main local entry point to the region of...

24 February 2020
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Infrastructure

Nebraska considers options for new prison capacity

The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) intends to issue a request for information (RfI) to identify possible options for creating new prison capacity....

20 February 2020
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Oil & gas

Trafigura to cut ties with Rosneft Trading after fresh sanctions

Oil trader Trafigura has announced that it will disentangle itself from Rosneft’s subsidiary Rosneft Trading to avoid running afoul of US sanctions.The move came...

19 February 2020

Taiwanese offshore wind: Shaking the local bank funding tree

The Taiwanese offshore wind market is on course to emulate another bumper year of ECA-backed project finance prowess in 2020. But not all is as it seems on this nascent...

14 February 2020
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Metals and Mining

Aton Resources receives gold mining licence in Egypt

Canada’s Aton Resources has become the first company in more than a decade to secure a gold mining licence in Egypt, which last year issued new regulations to ease...

11 February 2020
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Oil & gas

Shop talk: Entrepose ups ECA tap

TXF spoke to Gautier Mangenot, VP of business development at Entrepose Group, a subsidiary of Vinci, about the challenges mid-sized EPCs face facilitating infrastructure...

07 February 2020
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Metals and Mining

ECR Minerals sells SLM gold project in Argentina to Hanaq

Mineral exploration and development firm ECR Minerals has sold its Argentina subsidiary and SLM gold project owner Ochre Mining to Chinese-owned company Hanaq...

05 February 2020

Brazilian LNG-to-power: BNDES bears GNA cash brunt – again

BNDES’ heavy involvement in the GNA II liquefied natural gas (LNG)-to-power project funding mix contrasts its bid to leave more room for private investors in large-scale...

04 February 2020
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Oil & gas, Power

Pakistan mandates banks for asset sales

Pakistan's Privatisation Commission board has prequalified all 12 groups for the sale of two gas-fired power plants at Balloki and Haveli Bahadur Shah owned by...

03 February 2020
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Metals and Mining

What next after China's commodities are smashed as expected?

Commodity prices in China were hammered on Monday when the virus-hit country reopened its exchanges after a week-long Lunar New Year holiday. But what will be more...

30 January 2020
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Metals and Mining

Cardinal receives interest for Namdini gold project financing

West African gold‐focused Cardinal Resources has received a number of term sheets from banks and financiers for project financing of its Namdini Gold Project in Ghana.The...

27 January 2020
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Oil & gas

Baker Botts hires oil & gas lawyer Gaye Lentz

International energy and technology law firm Baker Botts has hired Gaye Lentz as a new partner in its Global Projects Department in the Austin office. She joins from...

16 January 2020

Reed Smith expands in Europe with Brussels office launch

Reed Smith has announced the opening of an office in Brussels with the arrival of five partners, one counsel and two associates from five international law firms. All...

16 January 2020
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Oil & gas

Jupiter Resources RCF is extended

Calgary-headquartered Jupiter Resources and its affiliates have received an extension to the maturity date on its existing senior secured reserve-based revolving credit...

09 January 2020
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Oil & gas

Northleaf buys majority interest in Douglas Terminals

Funds managed by Northleaf Capital Partners have acquired a 90% stake in Douglas Terminals from Hartree Partners (UK) Limited (Hartree) and Ghent Transport & Storage...

06 January 2020
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Renewables

Bangladesh tenders 50MW solar plant

The Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh is tendering for a World Bank-financed 50MW solar plant at Sonagazi in the Feni district with a pre-bid meeting organised...

02 January 2020

SME lending challenger B-North completes £2m crowd raise

B-North, the Manchester-based firm building an SME lending bank for the UK, has secured £2 million of financing from crowdfunding platforms Crowdcube and...

20 December 2019
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Transport

Shipping industry confidence 'highest since 2014'

Confidence in the shipping industry rose in the three months to the end of November 2019, according to BDO's latest Shipping Confidence Survey.The average confidence...