Russian iron ore producer Metalloinvest has signed a $1.15 billion pre-export facility with a number of international banks.

UK businesses exporting products and services abroad have received a boost in the Chancellor’s budget, after the Direct Lending Scheme was doubled to £3 billion ($5...

JP Morgan has reached a definitive agreement to sell its physical commodities business to Mercuria Energy for $3.5 billion. The all cash transaction is expected to close...

Russian gold producer Nordgold has agreed a five-year $500 million loan facility with Sberbank which it will use to repay its existing debt facilities of $465.5 million.

Jonathan Bell talks with Paul Cohen Dumani, general manager of MIT, about the company’s highly successful commodity finance collateral management software system for...

We are delighted to announce the results of our “Perfect 10” – the 2013 Deals of the Year. We received in excess of 150 submissions and so whittling so many fantastic...

An initiative, announced today, could soon see the establishment of the new Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX). And beyond this, there is the potential for the GCX to become...

The US-based Magnolia LNG export project is moving forward with two major developments taking place this week.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed to extend a senior loan of $200 million to Lukoil Overseas Shah Deniz (LSD), a wholly-owned...

Seaborn Networks (Seaborn) has mandated French bank Natixis to arrange the financing for Seaborn’s new submarine cable project, known as Seabras-1, linking commercial and...

Singapore-headquartered LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) shipping and logistics company, Petredec, has finalised a $200 million export finance credit facility for the...

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) has secured a $500 million three-year term loan through bookrunners State Bank of India, DBS and RBS

Saudi Arabian telecommunications company Mobily (Etihad Etisalat) has agreed two new financings amounting to SAR2.1 billion ($560 million) backed by the export credit...

African Development Bank has agreed to provide a $30 million loan to finance the rehabilitation of Nigeria’s Oku Iboku Pulp and Paper Mill in Akwa Ibom and Cross River...

Barclays Business has appointed Steve Childs as head of international and trade for business banking. He will be based in London, UK.

Agricultural producer and trading company Bunge is in the market with a three year, $1.75 billion revolving credit facility (RCF).

The IFC has announced 25 financial institutions as its best partners in trade and supply chain finance for 2013. The presentations took place at the inaugural Global...

In a strategic move, commodity trader Trafigura together with Trafigura Investment (China) has signed an agreement to acquire a 30% equity stake in the Jinchuan Group's...

South Stream Transport (SST) has placed an order for 75,000 12-metre pipes to be used in the construction of the South Stream pipeline in a sign of the project’s...

UK-headquartered specialist agricultural trader and broker ED&F Man has launched its annual revolving credit facility (RCF) into general syndication.