(Global Trade Review, London, 15 November 2023) Oil supermajor ExxonMobil has unveiled plans to become a “leading producer” of lithium ahead of an expected leap in demand for battery metals – but for pure commodity traders, big moves remain a more distant prospect. Export credit agencies (ECAs...
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2023/11/29
Country: Argentina, Netherlands
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables, Transparency
Member: Both ENDS
2023/10/29
Country: Canada, France, Netherlands, Sweden
ECAs: Atradius, Bpifrance, Export Development Canada
Issue: Arms Trade, European Union, OECD
(Ukraine Recovery, London, 22 June 2023) The Ukraine Recovery Conference 2023 was co-chaired by the UK and Ukraine in London on 21-22 June 2023. The conference was a continuation of the cycle of annual events, with URC 2022 conducted jointly with Switzerland in Lugano. The conference focussed...
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2023/10/29
Country: USA
(EXIM, Washington, 22 September 2023) The Board of Directors of EXIM has approved 3 transactions in the energy and transportation sectors. The first transaction a direct loan for more than $57 million to EnergoNuclear S.A. to support pre-construction engineering and feasibility studies for the...
more Dodgy Deal: Asian environmental groups strongly crliticize Korea Export-Import Bank support for overseas coal
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
2023/10/29
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Oxfam America, Boston, 16 October 2023) This 51 page study assesses the alignment of the United States Export-Import Bank (EXIM) — the official export credit agency (ECA) of the US — with the country’s climate and development policy objectives derived from relevant Executive Orders (EOs), acts...
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2023/09/30
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
(Global Trade Review, London, 5 September 2023) The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Exim) has approved the first transaction under its domestic manufacturing programme, a direct loan of US$4.7mn to a Pennsylvania-based technology firm. The transaction comes more than a year after US...
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2023/09/30
Country: Canada
ECAs: Export Development Canada
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: Above Ground
(Above Ground, Ottawa, 4 August 2023) Ottawa has taken a major step forward towards ending another significant component of its fossil fuel support. It announced last week a policy that makes Canada the first G20 country to publish a plan for delivering on the group’s 2009 commitment to phase...
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2023/09/29
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
(CNBC, Paris, 11 September 2023) The U.S. export credit agency is working through a $5 billion pipeline of applications related to the space industry, as companies look to fund projects in orbit in a tighter capital market. The Export-Import Bank of the United States, or EXIM, is no stranger to...
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2023/08/31
Country: Canada
ECAs: Export Development Canada
Issue: Debt, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Bowen Island Undercurrent, BC, 2 August 2023) The federal government is trying to reclaim nearly $350 million in insurance paid to Suncor Energy Inc. by Export Development Canada in the wake of political unrest in Libya. The oil giant claimed $300 million in risk mitigation payments for losses...
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2023/08/31
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
(Common Dreams, Portland, 29 August 2023) More than two dozen advocacy groups from Papua New Guinea, the Asia Pacific region, and the United States on Tuesday urged the U.S. export credit agency to reject a liquefied natural gas project that they warned “presents significant financial risks and...
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2023/08/31
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
(Al Jazeera, Washington, 30 July 2023) While the president's rhetoric aligns with global climate promises, his administration has approved massive fossil fuel projects. Ahead of its Climate...
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2023/07/30
Country: Canada, Japan, Korea
ECAs: Export Development Canada, Export Import Bank of Korea, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Issue: Renewables, Transparency
(Pulse News, Soeul, 24 July 2023) The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank) is gearing up to upgrade its traditional model of financial support for promoting exports of Korean companies to a new level with the introduction of Export Credit Agency (ECA) Version 2.0. The management...
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2023/07/30
Country: Brazil, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, United Kingdom, USA
(BN Americas, Santiago, 7 July 2023) Although the energy transition and ESG issues are gaining traction, many banks and credit export entities keep financing oil and gas undertakings, such as floating production storage and offloading units (FPSOs) ordered by Brazil’s federal oil firm Petrobras...
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2023/07/29
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
Member: Oil Change International
(Price of Oil, Washington, 18 July 2023) Last Friday, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) — the official export credit agency of the U.S.— insured USD 400 million in revolving credit facilities for global commodities trader Trafigura. The newly approved transaction will allow...
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2023/06/29
Country: Indonesia, Italy, Korea, USA
ECAs: Export Import Bank of Korea, Export-Import Bank of the United States, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: Oil Change International
(Reuters, Jakarta, 24 June 2023) Indonesia's state energy company Pertamina (PERTM.UL) reached a $3.1 billion financing deal with a number of export credit agencies and commercial banks to fund the upgrade of its Balikpapan refinery, the company said on Saturday. The lenders include export...
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2023/05/30
Country: Canada
ECAs: Export Development Canada
Issue: Renewables
(Railway Gazette, Suttton UK, 24 May 2023) Alstom and Export Development Canada have signed a C$3·5bn three-year sustainable global corporate partnership covering export financing support and insurance in the transport sector. The export credit agency will focus its support on digital systems...
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