Global commodities trader Trafigura has announced that company co-founder and chairman Claude Dauphin has stepped down from his role as chief executive officer, with...

Trafigura has negotiated its first significant loan in the Japanese currency, with the close of a JPY25.5 billion ($250 million) loan.

Brazil’s Banco Pine will benefit from a $115 million loan from Commerzbank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), which it will use for onlending to support...

Sian Aspinall, formerly of AIG and Zurich, has joined Berry Palmer & Lyle (BPL Global) as development and technical director, where she been tasked with shaping and...

Stemcor has secured a $1.15 billion syndicated loan from five lenders in what could be a major boost for the British steel trader. The facility follows a high court...

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...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has signed a $1 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) that will...

Swiss energy-trader Vitol has appointed Charles Hendry, Conservative MP for Wealden and a former energy minister, as a consultant on a part time basis. Hendry will...

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...

Kuala Lumpur-headquartered ~Cosmos Chemicals Berhad^ has signed a $336 million technology and equipment deal with US-based GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) for a...

essDOCS has opened a new office in Singapore, allowing the shipping and trading eDocs provider to expand its presence in the Asia Pacific region.

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.

Minera Escondida Limitada (MEL), the owner of the Escondida copper mine in Chile, has received a $100 million loan from Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC),...

South African headquartered bank Investec has closed a major financing, including senior debt guaranteed by the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im), to Air...

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...

Asia’s leading agribusiness group Wilmar has closed a $2.49 billion revolving credit facility (RCF) with a club of international banks.

One of Norway’s leading marine services providers, Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS), has secured export finance from Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and...

Trade credit insurance specialists ~Equinox^ Global have expanded their London team, hiring John Joseph as a senior credit analyst with immediate effect. Equinox reported...

Deutsche Bank has appointed Anthony Lin as China head of corporate banking and head of trade finance & cash management for corporates (TF/CMC). Lin, who takes up the new...