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06 July 2020
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Renewables

SECI issues RfS for 15MW floating solar in Bilaspur

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has issued a request for selection for a project to set up 15MW of floating solar at the Nangal Pond in Bilaspur district of...

03 July 2020
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Metals and Mining

Endeavour seals Semafo deal, hires Desormeaux as president

Endeavour Mining has completed its acquisition of Canada-based Semafo and appointed Benoit Desormeaux as president. Desormeaux was previously the CEO and president of...

02 July 2020

Sir Suma Chakrabarti leaves EBRD Presidency after second term

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development President Sir Suma Chakrabarti has left the lender after completing two full terms - the maximum now permitted. He...

02 July 2020

KfW diversifies funding as capital markets face COVID-19 challenge

German development bank KfW has diversified its sources of funding amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the lender also revising its funding in the international capital...

01 July 2020
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Oil & gas

Amber Grid gets EIB loan for Poland-Lithuania gas interconnector

Amber Grid has signed on a €65 million 18-year loan from the EIB to part fund construction of the Lithuanian section of a high pressure gas interconnector project...

01 July 2020
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Oil & gas

Denbury Resources skips $8m bond interest payment

The financial stress level at Texas-based Denbury Resources has increased after it revealed it is skipping an $8 million payment on its 6.375% convertible senior notes...

30 June 2020
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Power, Renewables

GIG and Enso JV targets 1GW of solar and storage in UK

Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) and Enso Energy have formed a joint venture to develop a pipeline of solar and battery projects across England and Wales....

29 June 2020
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Metals and Mining

Hummingbird Resources to buy Kouroussa Gold Project from Cassidy

Hummingbird Resources has signed a conditional binding sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of the Kouroussa Gold Project, in Guinea, from Cassidy Gold...

29 June 2020

How much of the $1.5trn trade finance gap can tech bridge?

The $1.5 trillion trade finance gap is a heavy burden for SMEs in emerging markets, one which financial institutions have long sought to ease. In partnership with...

26 June 2020

DFC release IQ development impact measurement tool

US International Development Finance Corporation has unveiled Impact Quotient (IQ) - a tool for measuring the development impact of projects supported by the...

24 June 2020
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Renewables

SECI 2GW solar tender oversubscribed

Solar Energy Corporation of India’s (SECI) recent 2GW tender of interstate transmission system (ISTS) connected solar projects (Tranche IX) has come in...

24 June 2020
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Agri/Soft Commodities

Louis Dreyfus adds venture capital unit, new innovation head

Agricultural commodities trader Louis Dreyfus Company has launched a venture capital programme to invest in food and farming firms, while also announcing a change of head...

22 June 2020
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Renewables

Norway to tighten onshore wind regs

The Norwegian government plans to introduce stricter requirements for approving onshore wind power projects. The proposal includes more stringent rules in the permitting...

18 June 2020
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Oil & gas

Ichthys LNG: More of a reprice than refi

One of the world’s largest LNG projects - Ichthys LNG - has just refinanced the original 2012 ECA-backed project debt stapled to the scheme. But for a repricing exercise...

17 June 2020

Commodity traders feel pricing pinch

Trading houses fundraising activities in the Covid-19 epoch have been few and far between, as record-low oil prices and an increase in the cost of trade debt impact the...

15 June 2020
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Transport

ECAs work to “fast track” airline restructuring requests

European ECAs have engineered a standard approach to help “fast track” airline loan restructuring requests amid a turbulent time for the aviation industry. But the news...

15 June 2020
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Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Oil & gas, Power, Transport

APICORP predicts drop in planned MENA investments

The Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP) has estimated that planned and committed investments in the MENA region will exceed $792 billion over the next five...

11 June 2020

TXF Global 2020 Export Finance: Virtual event report

As the dust settles after last week’s TXF Global 2020 Export Finance: Virtual event, the findings from the bespoke survey put to e-delegates will continue to surprise and...

11 June 2020
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Infrastructure, Waste and water

Israel issues RFQs for Western Galilee desal project

Prospective bidders of the Western Galilee Desalination Facility in Israel have until 10 July to submit tender documents for the scheme, after the country’s...

08 June 2020
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Infrastructure, Other, Power, Renewables, Transport, Waste and water

Keynote: EKF winds up support

TXF spoke to Kirstine Damkjær, CEO of EKF, to find out how the Danish ECA has ramped up its product offering in response to the Covid-19 crisis.