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30 April 2020
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Power, Renewables

Covanta in talks to expand Pasco County WtE

Pasco County in Florida is in discussions regarding an expansion of Covanta's  local waste-to-energy (WtE) facility. Covanta was the only responder to a request...

29 April 2020

SMEs baulk at criteria for Ireland's COVID-19 loan scheme

The Irish Government’s €200 million COVID-19 working capital fund for small businesses has seen a muted level of drawdowns amid concerns that the programme is...

29 April 2020

Live webinar: How can institutional investors support trade finance flows?

Thursday 14th May 2020 | 10:30 EST | 15:30 BST It is more essential than ever for the trade and export finance community to engage with institutional investors to...

29 April 2020

Africa: Going cold turkey from Chinese infra finance addiction?

China’s president, Xi Jinping, pledged $60 billion in 2018 for African development over the next three years. But will the Covid-19 pandemic and global economic downturn...

27 April 2020
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Metals and Mining

Silvercorp Metals to buy Guyana Goldfields

Canada's Silvercorp Metals is acquiring mid-tier gold producer Guyana Goldfields, which runs the Aurora gold mine in the South American country, in a C$105 million...

23 April 2020
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Oil & gas

EDC will backstop bank loans for crisis-hit oil companies

Export Development Canada is to backstop loans to hard hit oil and gas producers, in the latest move to free up credit for the struggling energy industry. Under the...

22 April 2020

Are the wheels of supply chain finance still turning? In viro veritas 4

Supply chain finance can be a great tool for keeping funding flowing to all parts of the supply chain, but is there an existential strain on programmes from the...

15 April 2020

Keynote: ADB’s Beck on supercharging trade finance as a crisis response vehicle

Steven Beck, head of trade and supply chain finance at ADB talks to TXF from lockdown Manila about how ADB is supercharging its existing trade finance programs to keep...

15 April 2020

US Ex-Im extends temporary COVID-19 relief measures

The Export-Import Bank of the United States has extended relief measures for the country's exporters and financial institutions affected by the COVID-19 pandemic...

14 April 2020

Shop talk: Preugschat on the road to recovering ECA debt

TXF spoke with Kai Preugschat, Asia Pacific director at Recovery Advisers, based in Singapore, to outline his role at the international dispute resolution law firm that...

09 April 2020
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Metals and Mining

Rio Tinto to press ahead with dividend amid coronavirus uncertainty

London-headquartered Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto will go ahead with its $3.7 billion dividend payment this month despite a weaker global economy forcing some of its...

08 April 2020

EC approves Croatia's $857m guarantee scheme for coronavirus-hit exporters

The European Commission has ruled that Croatia's recently adopted HRK6.0 billion ($857 million) liquidity guarantee scheme aimed at supporting export companies amid...

07 April 2020
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Renewables

Vestas order for Akita Noshiro offshore project

MHI Vestas has ordered 33 typhoon variant V117 turbines from its parent company for the 139MW Akita Noshiro Offshore Wind Farm Project off Japan. The 4.2MW-rated turbines...

03 April 2020
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Infrastructure, Transport

NIB helps finance €86m railway maintenance in Norway

The Nordic Investment Bank has signed a ten-year loan facility to co-finance Bane NOR Eiendom’s investments in railway maintenance facilities for 2019-2024.The...

01 April 2020
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Renewables

Trailstone amps up ‘green’ funding portfolio

Winning TXF’s Most Innovative Commodities Finance Deal of the Year Award, Trailstone’s €150 million 2019 borrowing base marked a flurry of firsts for the commodity trade...

01 April 2020
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Oil & gas, Power, Renewables

BIRD Energy announces next US-Israel project funding cycle

BIRD Energy has announced its next funding cycle for US-Israel joint project proposals with a focus on renewable energy and efficiency and natural gas...

30 March 2020

EC amends short-term export-credit insurance Communication amid COVID-19 crisis

The European Commission is to temporarily remove all countries from the list of “marketable risk" under the Short-term export-credit insurance Communication...

27 March 2020
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Telecoms and Communications

Data centre firm TierPoint raises $320m

Data centre company TierPoint has raised $320 million from a consortium of investors, led by Argo Infrastructure Partners, Wafra, and Macquarie Capital Principal Finance....

25 March 2020

Commodity finance report 2019: Structured deal volume drops by nearly half

Overall volumes of global commodity finance fell by 16% in 2019 compared to 2018, according to the full-year TXF 2019 Commodity Finance Report, while structured commodity...

23 March 2020
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Renewables

Magnora funds study for 500MW offshore wind development

Magnora has finalised a deal to take a 5% interest in a 500MW shallow water offshore wind farm development in return for funding a 12-month feasibility study. The...