In depth
15 May 2025

Top takeaways: TXF Amsterdam 2025

The mood music at the 11th edition of the TXF Amsterdam Global Commodity Finance event was downbeat. Spawned by amplifying tariff concerns, limited debt appetite from corporates and the impact of Basel IV on lenders, there was a multitude of macroeconomic and geopolitical factors setting the sombre... More

In depth
09 May 2025

Facing the reality of Trump 2.0

The greatest impact of the second Trump administration is likely to be through its application of tariffs on global trade flows. But its impacts on project pipelines and through its official agencies should not be overlooked. More

News
16 May 2025

UKEF interested in backing NioCorp's Elk Creek project

NioCorp has received a preliminary, non-binding EOI from UK Export Finance for a potential debt guarantee of up to $200 million to help fund construction of its Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project in Nebraska.Any eventual loan guarantee from UKEF would be contingent upon NioCorp meeting certain... More

News
16 May 2025

Li-Cycle files for bankruptcy protection in Canada

Toronto-based lithium battery recycling firm Li-Cycle has filed for bankruptcy protection in Canada and expects to start a formal sale for its business or assets. The firm’s US units have also commenced proceedings in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.Li-Cycle has... More

Event Session
16 April 2025
News
16 May 2025

Trafigura announces management changes

Jiri Zrust, Trafigura's global head of operating assets, and Igor Marin, global head of gas, power and renewables, will join the executive committee.   Zrust joined Trafigura in October 2024 to lead the newly-created Operating Assets division, bringing significant experience in... More

News
16 May 2025

Enbridge to sell stake in BC pipeline to First Nations group

Enbridge (ENB) has agreed to a First Nations investment of C$715 million ($510 million) in its Westcoast natural gas pipeline system. The Stonlasec8 Indigenous Alliance Limited Partnership, which currently represents 36 First Nations in British Columbia, will take a 12.5% interest in the... More

News
16 May 2025

Clifford Chance unveils three new hires in US

Clifford Chance has unveiled a trio of appointments in the US: partner Victoria Salem, counsel Matthew Slider and senior national security Advisor Thomas Cluff.Based in Houston, Salem joins from Cheniere Energy, where she was assistant general counsel, finance and tax. Slider joins the firm's... More

News
16 May 2025

Vistra to acquire natural gas assets in $1.9bn deal

Vistra has executed a definitive agreement to acquire seven modern natural gas generation facilities, totaling approximately 2,600MW of capacity, from Lotus Infrastructure Partners in a $1.9 billion deal.The deal includes five combined cycle gas turbine facilities and two combustion turbine... More

News
16 May 2025

Malawi hydropower project wins $350m IDA support

Malawi’s Mpatamanga Hydropower Storage Project has received a $350 million grant from the International Development Association.At completion, subject to the mobilisation of private financing, the project will significantly increase the country’s installed capacity, delivering 1,544... More

News
16 May 2025

Troilus secures $35m loan

Troilus Gold has announced a $35 million loan with precious metals merchant Auramet to support its near-term development activities at its namesake mine in Quebec.Proceeds of the loan will be used for final permitting, early works preparation and advancement towards full project financing. The loan... More

News
16 May 2025

TXO buys Elm Coulee assets in $350m deal

TXO Partners has agreed with White Rock Energy to purchase producing assets in the Elm Coulee field in the Williston Basin of Montana and North Dakota in a deal worth around $350 million.Of this purchase price, $70 million will be deferred and payable one year after the initial closing. The... More

News
16 May 2025

McPhy fails to find buyer, heads for liquidation

McPhy Energy is heading for judicial liquidation as the financially troubled hydrogen equipment company has failed to attract a buyer for the business.In April, the French firm launched a conciliation procedure along with a call for takeover bids for all or part of its business. The moves reflected... More

News
16 May 2025

RWE plans sale of a stake in 1.4 GW Sofia offshore project

RWE CFO Michael Muller has said that the company intends to sell stakes next year in its 1.4GW Sofia offshore wind project in the UK. The 1.4GW Sofia offshore wind farm, expected to be commissioned in 2026, will comprise 100 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-222 DD turbines, half of which will be fitted... More

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16 May 2025

Siemens awarded Irish rail infrastructure and maintenance deal

Siemens has been awarded a long-term rail infrastructure and maintenance framework for Iarnrod Eireann (Irish Rail), replacing legacy systems dating back to the 1980s.The company will install the Siemens Trackguard Westlock computer-based interlocking system within the National Train Control Centre... More

Event
Jun 10 - Jun 12, 2025

Global 2025: Export, Agency & Project Finance

Tivoli Hotel & Congress Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark

Enter AgencyLand: Financing Tomorrow. Let us take you on a wild ride that brings together leaders from across export, project & development finance. A show-stopping opportunity for all!

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16 May 2025

Mazoon seals $270m financing for Omani copper

Mazoon Mining has signed a series of construction and service agreements with contractors to kick off the Yanqul Copper Concentrate Production Project in Al Dhahirah Governorate, Oman.The agreements include a transportation and logistics contract with Asyad Group, the national logistics provider; a... More

News
16 May 2025

Finnvera ups volume of domestic and export financing

Finnish ECA Finnvera reported Q1 2025 profits of €50 million, a slight drop from €54 million the previous year. All business segments were profitable, with large corporate financing showing particularly strong results. Finnvera increased both its domestic and export financing... More

News
16 May 2025

KenGen to build 100MW green hydrogen plant

Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) is set to build a KES17 billion (over $131 million), 100MW green hydrogen plant, funded through concessional financing from Germany.The two countries launched a climate and development partnership in 2022 which helps Kenya develop a green hydrogen value... More

News
16 May 2025

Hastings sells 60% of Yangibana project to Wyloo

Hastings Technology Metals has has entered into a definitive agreement to sell a 60% interest in the Yangibana rare earths and niobium project to the Andrew Forrest-backed Wyloo Metals. The company has also agreed to form an unincorporated JV for the Yangibana project, which is located in the... More

News
16 May 2025

UBCI joins Proparco's trade finance programme

Proparco has integrated UBCI into its trade finance programme as an issuing bank.Proparco subsequently signed a €30 million trade finance guarantee line with UBCI to support the economic growth of Tunisian companies. UBCI is the first Tunisian bank to join Proparco's trade finance... More

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16 May 2025

EBRD supports trade finance in Azerbaijan

EBRD has approved a trade finance line of up to $5 million for Unibank in Azerbaijan under its Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP).The newly established facility, which is aimed at supporting the export and import operations of private companies, will enable Unibank to further expand trade... More