UK trading credit insurance giant Atradius has reported a 1% year-on-year decrease in payment defaults across all sectors, covering the period from May 2024 to May...

Oman’s insured non-oil exports reached 61.2 million Omani rials ($159 million) in Q1 2025, marking a 6% increase from the same period last year, according to Credit...

Nigeria has announced its support for a $400 million investment aiming to construct Africa's largest rare earths processing plant. Hasetins Commodities, which is...

Uzbekistan is considering the purchase of 200 electric buses from China, with further discussions underway to acquire an additional 1,000 buses.During a meeting between...

On 19 June 19, Ukraine’s Export Credit Agency (ECA) announced a tender for voluntary insurance of motor vehicles (CASCO), according to the state procurement system...

Glencore has declared the Mount Isa copper smelter unsustainable and is seeking Australian government support to maintain operations. Activity at the Queensland site...

Petronas has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Japan Organisation for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) to boost Japan's LNG supplies. Petronas LNG, a...

Ukrainian steelmaker Metinvest is expected to mandate banks and an ECA to support the financing backing construction of a new green steel project in Italy by year-end....

Amprion has secured planning approval to start construction on the BalWin1 and BalWin2 offshore grid connections in the German North Sea.The approved section covers 34km...

Project financings for Trains 4 and 5 of the Rio Grande LNG project in Texas are underway and are expected to close later this year. Sponsored by NextDecade, the project...

Ashish Kohli has moved to ING to become head of trade finance product management APAC. He joins from Standard Chartered, where he had spent more than 16 years in a...

Canada’s state-backed export agency has lost about £350 million on loans to Thames Water, the crisis-stricken UK utility that is teetering on the verge of...

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has secured a €250 million ($286 million) 10-year loan from Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), the Italian Financial Institution for...

China has added more financial institutions from Africa, the Gulf, and Central Asia to its cross-border yuan payment system, a bold move to strengthen the global role of...

Philippines’s Department of Finance (DOF) is exploring how the country can tap Sweden’s export credit systems to support its defence sector. DOF conduct a...

On 21 June, the Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Laziz Kudratov, held talks with Cheng Huaiyu, Chairman of the Export-Import Bank...

New York-based  Critical Metals has secured a $120 million loan from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) to support the development of the...

Chevron has signed two deals to acquire 125,000 net acres in Texas and Arkansas as it prepares to enter the lithium extraction industry. The Smackover Formation is a...

Wilmar International has acquired full control of PZ Wilmar for $70 million. Completion is expected in Q4 2025. PZ Cussons previously held a 50% stake in the Nigerian...

The London Metal Exchange has imposed new rules that will force traders to unwind large positions in the wake of new entrants to the industry. Any trader with a...