(ODI Global, London, 14 December 2023) This year old report explores the development of Sinosure as an institution and its involvement in China’s overseas lending and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). This report makes two main contributions. First, it examines an understudied aspect of China...
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2024/12/31
Country: Russia, USA
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Arms Trade, Debt, European Union, Transparency
(The Diplomat, Arlington, 5 December) The U.S. Treasury Department’s decision to slap sanctions on Gazprombank poses a potential major headache for Uzbekistan’s burgeoning mining industry, which until now has relied on the Russian lender to finance a $4.8 billion mine expansion set to nearly...
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2024/12/31
Country: Italy
ECAs: SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change
(The Nation Online, Lagos, 5 December 2024) In continuation of existing partnerships between the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Italian government under the “Mattei Plan”, a $6b investment deal has been signed to sustain the development of initiatives with Africa’s public and private...
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2024/12/31
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Sinosure
Issue: BRIC countries, Climate Change, Debt, Renewables
(Africa Development Bank, Abidjan, 4 December 2024) The African Development Bank Group hosted a high-profile meeting of global insurers, export credit agencies and institutional investors to explore innovative risk-sharing solutions on the sidelines of the Africa Investment Forum Market Days...
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2024/12/31
Issue: Climate Change, European Union, G20, OECD, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables
(UN Environment Program, Baku, 4 December 2024) COP29 held in Baku, Azerbaijan, offered an important opportunity for governments and other global stakeholders to put in place the mechanisms, tools and signals required for countries to continue implementing their contributions to the Paris...
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2024/12/31
(Global Trade Review, London, 3 December 2024) In late October, GTR gathered a group of senior figures from the export and agency finance industry to discuss the market’s ongoing shift towards new product types, the impact of the OECD Arrangement modernisation package, and whether further...
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2024/12/31
Issue: Transparency
(Union of Arab Chambers of Commerce, Beirut, 23 December 2024) Data issued by the Arab Investment and Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (Daman) showed a growth in the value of outstanding commitments to secure investment, finance, and exports directed to the Arab region by 7% to reach about $...
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2024/12/31
Country: France, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Africa Confidential, Cambridge, 20 December 2024) France’s TotalEnergies is making a final push to win United States funding for its liquefied natural gas project in northern Mozambique before Donald J Trump is inaugurated US President on 20 January. Total wants to restart the project held up...
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2024/12/31
Country: Canada, France, USA
ECAs: Bpifrance
Issue: Nuclear
(EnerData, Grenoble, 17 December 2024) The Lubiatowo-Kopalino nuclear power plant project has collected, based on the letters of intent received so far, declarations of financial commitment for a total equivalent of over PLN95bn (€22bn). The project developer Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) ...
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2024/12/31
Issue: BRIC countries, Renewables
(Africa.com, Johannesburg, 1 December 2024) The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC) (https://ICIEC.IsDB.org), a Shariah-based multilateral insurer and member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, is proud to announce its recognition as the “...
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2024/12/31
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Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, European Union, OECD, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables
Member: Oil Change International
(Oil Change Int'l, Washington, 20 December 2024) OECD members have failed to pass a landmark deal to end over $40 billion in public subsidies to fossil fuels. Despite last-ditch attempts by senior government and ...
2024/12/31
Country: France, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Issue: BRIC countries
(Trade World News, Dubai, 12 December 2024) Algeria is positioning itself as a major force in trade insurance across Africa and the Arab-Muslim world, reflecting its commitment to fostering fair and dynamic international trade. Algeria’s ambitions align with its broader strategy to diversify...
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2024/12/31
Issue: Corruption
(Business Times, Colombo, 15 December 2024) The new management of the Sri Lanka Export Credit Insurance Corporation (SLECIC), while celebrating its 46th anniversary, has an onerous task ahead of reforming an institution that has been marred by corruption and malpractice for the past 12 years. A...
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2024/11/30
Country: Canada, Finland, Germany, Sweden
ECAs: Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Export Development Canada, Finnvera
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Mining.COM, Toronto, 21 November 2024) Troilus Gold (TSX: TLG) continues to receive the financial backing of global export credit agencies (ECAs), this time from Export Development Canada (EDC), to support the development of its copper-gold project in Quebec. On Thursday, the company announced...
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2024/11/30
ECAs: Export Development Canada, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: European Union, G7, Oil, Gas and Mining
(JD Supra, Sausalito, 5 November 2024) The Minerals Security Partnership Finance Network (MSPFN), a joint financing body, was announced by the United States, the European Commission, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Australia, and nine other nations on 23 September 2024 at the United Nations...
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