TXF: Indepth

In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

The Kikagati Power Company, backed by the Africa Renewable Energy Fund, has reached financial close on its 14MW Kikagati hydro power station on the Kagera River that borders both Uganda and Tanzania

Trafigura Group is joining forces with shipping firms Frontline and Golden Ocean to set up a company to supply shipping fuels ahead of a shake-up in regulations next year which could disrupt fuel delivery and cause prices to spike.

Canada’s ECA Export Development Canada (EDC) has provided a $600,000 direct loan to RBC to support Stromcore Energy, a Canadian company producing emissions-free clean technology in the form of lithium-ion battery systems adaptable to any forklift brand or class

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In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

Tanya Denning has joined Baker McKenzie in Melbourne as energy, resources and utilities partner.

Sirius Minerals has suspended a planned $500 million bond sale that is central to the funding of its Polyhalite mining project in the north-east of England

Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the UAE Federal export credit company, has launched SME Protect, an online export credit solution designed for small and medium-sized enterprises

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In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

Indonesia’s state energy firm Pertamina has secured a $1.85 billion financing for its Jambaran-Tiung Biru natural gas project from a consortium of 12 banks led by Japanese lender Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)

Venturex Resources has received an approved term sheet from Trafigura for a A$100 million ($70 million) four-year senior pre-pay facility to fund development of its 100%-owned Sulphur Springs Copper-Zinc Project in Australia

Does technology hold the solution to more accessible financing and cheaper cost of debt for SMEs? Sunita Mehta, vice president of FI & Trade at Stern International Bank, and Sam Permutt, director at Stern International Bank, see a digital future for what is still a largely analogue trade finance industry.

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In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

A United States Senate committee has passed a bill to impose sanctions on companies and individuals involved in building Nord Stream 2, a gas pipeline that will move gas from Russia to Germany

PolyMet Mining Corp has announced the appointment of Glencore senior executive Peter Freyberg to the board of directors

Microsoft, have announced their partnership supporting the launch of the world’s first end-to-end digital trade bank

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In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

Reliance Jio Infocomm is set to borrow about $1 billion - backed by Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-Sure) - to buy telecom equipment, start a new range of financial services, and unveil its home broadband pricing.

Coface has appointed Benoit Ganzmann as China Country Manager and Head of China Global Solutions

Glencore said its African copper business had failed to perform as expected and faced a $350 million hit on its cobalt business following a drop in prices

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In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

Galena Mining is sounding out prospective banks and ECAs to finance the development of its high-grade Abra base metals scheme, a mine for the production of potassium sulphate in Western Australia

The EBRD has launched a €250 million facility to finance urban transport renewal in Ukraine, under its recently approved Ukraine Public Transport Framework II

The Trump administration has increased federal aid to farmers harmed by its trade dispute with China

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In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

US agribusiness Bunge and UK British oil and gas company BP have arranged a 50:50 sugar cane ethanol joint venture in Brazil

The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed to provide a €10 million trade finance facility to Piraeus Factoring, the first company in Greece to be supported by the EBRD

Nemaska Lithium has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with Pallinghurst Group for the financing of the Whabouchi project – a lithium mine in the Eeyou Istchee James-Bay territory and an electrochemical plant in Shawinigan

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In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

Three bidding teams submitted expressions of interest on 24 July (today) in the PPP tender process for the new A$1.495 billion ($1.05 billion) Footscray Hospital in Australia.

Cofco International has completed its senior unsecured sustainability-linked facility, which initially signed last week at $200 million less than the final $2.3 billion raised

The founder of Chinese conglomerate Camsing Global has been sued by Noah Holdings

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In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

UKEF has provided a loan to Angola for an agriculture project

China has announced an anti-dumping tax on some stainless-steel products from the European Union, Japan, South Korea and Indonesia

Baker McKenzie in Johannesburg has announced the appointment of leading trade and commodity finance lawyer Lodewyk Meyer as a partner in the banking and finance practice group Shanghai

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In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

Southeast Asian upstream oil and gas firm Coro Energy is renegotiating the proposed acquisition of a 42.5% stake in the Bulu production sharing contract for the Lengo gas field contract in East Java, Indonesia.

Nicholas Hann confirms he has resigned from his role as head of investments at Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) after just 10 months in the job

Japan’s government is leading a global push to set up an international network for cryptocurrency payments, similar to the SWIFT network used by banks

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