Copper mining firm - Freeport Indonesia - is in talks with lenders for a $750 million loan after pulling the plug on a larger facility last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Proceeds will be used to support the construction of a new smelter for its mining operations. The company has...
TXF spoke with Andreas Back, Product Security Development Manager at Wartsila to outline the major challenges and opportunities for major EPCs tapping ECA support, as well as...
Fragmented Gulf procurement, tighter local liquidity, strained country limits and Saudi-scale ambition are forcing ECAs beyond the classic tied facility. Shopping lines,...
Long tenors remain the scarce commodity in Sub-Saharan social infrastructure. But Mitrelli has reached financial close on a 19-year Atradius-backed loan for the Katyavala Bwila University (KBU) expansion in Angola — a structure that shows how ECA cover can push out the tenor envelope for education infrastructure on the continent.
TXF spoke with Andreas Back, Product Security Development Manager at Wartsila to outline the major challenges and opportunities for major EPCs tapping ECA support, as well as the need for ECA to take on more risk in emerging markets.
Fragmented Gulf procurement, tighter local liquidity, strained country limits and Saudi-scale ambition are forcing ECAs beyond the classic tied facility. Shopping lines, untied lending, framework deals and regional agencies are filling the gap — but flexibility brings its own distortions.
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