Pauli Heikkilä, CEO of Finnvera, reflects on the swinging pendulum for export financing he’s seen in two decades heading Finland’s ECA. Global swings from market forces towards protectionism using public money is not risk free, he warns. More
Peninsula Energy has moved to raise more than A$100 million (about $67 million) to fund work at the Lace uranium project in the US until it starts generating free cashflow by the third quarter of next year.The ASX-listed miner will raise A$105.9 million at a discounted fixed price of A$0.10 a share,... More
AfDB has approved a $15 million trade finance package for First Capital Bank in Zimbabwe to help bolster intra-African commerce in line with the goals of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area.The package, comprising a $7.5 million trade finance line of credit and a $7.5 million transaction... More
In her first interview since her appointment on 7 May, Shona Tatchell, the new head of trade and supply chain finance, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP), discusses her unusual journey to the role, and how she is well placed to help champion... More
UKEF has backed a British Steel contract to supply rail for a new high-speed electric railway in Turkey. The ECA has underwritten around €781 million (£680 million) of financing to support construction of the 286km railway. The manufacturer will deliver tens of thousands of tonnes of... More
US Ex-Im has lacked a clear strategy for growth in Africa as trade the lender is meant to support has waned over the last decade, according to an audit by the inspector general.The US ECA “had not successfully expanded its performance” in sub-Saharan Africa, Michael Ryan, assistant... More
Qatar Investment Authority and Bpifrance will increase the size of their investment partnership by as much as €300 million (over $325 million).Through the Future French Champions JV, the first phase of this partnership completed in 2021 has facilitated investments totalling almost €300... More
ECA | Date | Country | Company |
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Atlantic Cocoa Corporation, Côte d’Ivoire | 04/08/2024 | Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | SERV - Swiss Export Risk Insurance |
QGMI, Luau Cazombo-Lumbala Road Project, Angola | 02/08/2024 | Angola | SERV - Swiss Export Risk Insurance |
Manufacturing of plastic products, Guangdong, China | 23/04/2024 | China | NEXI - Nippon Export Investment Insurance |
Sales of carbon products, Shandong, China | 23/04/2024 | China | NEXI - Nippon Export Investment Insurance |
Manufacturing & sales of cigarettes, Taiwan | 16/04/2024 | Taiwan | NEXI - Nippon Export Investment Insurance |
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Full detailsEBRD is lending €236 million (over $256 million) to Armenia to finance the construction of the southern section of the Sisian-Kajaran road.This is the largest road infrastructure project ever financed by the EBRD in Armenia. It was previously complemented by technical cooperation funding... More
The Korean government has launched all-out efforts to help restructure the country's petrochemical firms that have been groaning under China’s price war.The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy launched a task force to increase the competitiveness of the Korean petrochemical industry... More
Deal name | Structure | Maturity Date | Volume in $m |
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Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK) - PXF | Pre-Export Finance | 17/06/2024 | 1,200 |
Castleton Commodities International (CCI)-TL | Term Loan | 17/06/2024 | 100 |
Ophir Energy - RBL | Reserve-based lending | 20/06/2024 | 250 |
Trident Energy EG Operations Ltd - RBL | Reserve-based lending | 21/06/2024 | 180 |
Chesapeake Energy Corporation - TL | Term Loan | 23/06/2024 | 1,500 |
Plug Power is set to receive a $1.66 billion loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy, which would be used to develop and construct up to six new green hydrogen projects across the country utilising the company’s own PEM electrolysers.The yet-to-be-finalised loan guarantee would enable... More
UKEF is supporting a £750,000 Virgin Money financing to Scottish shortbread manufacturer Dean’s of Huntly.The ECA helped to secure the financing with a guarantee offered through its General Export Facility. The family-owned business already exports to markets like Germany, the US,... More