(Greek City Times, Sydney, 27 November 2019) The European Commission on Tuesday announced its decision to return Greece to the list of “marketable risk” countries for short-term export credit insurance, following the successful completion of its fiscal adjustment program in August 2018 and the...
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2019/11/29
Country: France, India, Japan, United Kingdom, USA
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Hydrocarbons Technology, London, 27 November 2019) The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $400m loan to support construction of the integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant and liquefaction facility in Mozambique. The Mozambique LNG Area 1 Project is led by the French...
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2019/11/29
Country: France
ECAs: COFACE
Issue: Arms Trade, Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
Member: Les Amis de la Terre
(Sum Of Us, Paris, 7 November 2019) - A report published today by L'Observatoire des armements and SumOfUs in collaboration with Les Amis de la Terre France, documents the militarisation of Total's activities in Yemen since the 1980s. Open sources and witness testimony reveal that Total’s gas...
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2019/11/29
Country: China, USA
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Arms Trade, BRIC countries
(Fox News, Washington, 22 October 2019) Republican commentator Newt Gingrich in a Fox News opinion article argues that "In the age of Huawei, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and China’s state-sponsored companies, we need the United States Export-Import Bank more than ever. This is a big...
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2019/11/29
Country: Japan, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance
Politico, Washington, 5 November 2019) EXIM has signed an agreement with Japan’s export credit agency, NEXI, that allows either agency to act as the lead on co-financing projects. Under the previous co-financing agreement, only Ex-Im could act as the lead. The expanded scope is expected to...
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2019/11/29
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Renewables
(Renewables Now, Fresno, 5 November 2019) The UK’s export credit agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF), will provide a TWD-9.2-billion (US$303m/EUR 272m) project finance guarantee to support the construction of the 376-MW Formosa II offshore wind project in Taiwanese waters. UK companies will be...
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2019/11/29
Country: Russia
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Nairametrisc, Lagos, 2 November 2019) Recent reports are that the completion of Nigeria's long-abandoned Ajaokuta Steel Complex would be funded by the Russia's MetProm Group with funding from the Russian Export Centre. Nairametrics understands that although massive plants and other gigantic...
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2019/11/29
Country: Canada, South Africa, United Kingdom
ECAs: Export Development Canada
Issue: Aircraft, Corruption
(Corporate Jet Investor, London, 21 November 2019) A judge in the UK courts has ruled that the sale of Global 6000 ZS-OAK can now go ahead, after Export Development Canada (EDC) settled its litigation with Westdawn Investments. Westdawn Investments is a South African company that is owned by...
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2019/11/29
Country: Belgium, China
ECAs: EXIM Bank China
Issue: Debt
(Daily Nation, Nairobi, 31 October 2019) In its Kenya Economic Update for October 2019, to be released today, the World Bank notes that, “with 43% of domestic debt expected to mature within a year, the government could face challenges in rolling over such bonds in an environment of no interest...
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2019/11/29
Country: Netherlands
ECAs: Atradius
Issue: Corruption, Transparency
(Bahamas Tribune, Nassau, 12 November 2019) The Dutch company that supplied nine Royal Bahamas Defence Force vessels, Damen Shipyard Group, misrepresented to the Dutch government how much it paid a foreign intermediary that worked on the project. The World Bank disbarred Damen for 18 months in...
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2019/11/29
Issue: European Union, Human Rights
(European Council, Brussels, 28 November 2019) The Finnish Presidency of the European Council is hosting a conference on 2 December on business and human rights. The agenda includes a panel on "Promoting Human Rights Due Diligence through State Financing", noting that "A critical way for states...
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2019/11/29
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: Bank Track, Re:Common
(Bank Track, Nijmegen, 26 November 26, 2019) Ahead of the November 27 auctioning of exploration licenses for 14 onshore and offshore oil and gas blocks in the Dominican Republic, environmental groups warned financiers not to back companies which may end up being awarded licenses. Dominican NGO...
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2019/11/28
Country: Netherlands
ECAs: Atradius
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: Both ENDS
(Both Ends, Amsterdam, 17 November 2019) This report shows that the Dutch Export Credit Agency ADSB insured fossil fuel-related projects with a total insured value of € 10.8 billion in the period 2012-2018. This is more than 60% of its total insured value for that period and € 1.5 billion a...
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2019/11/28
Country: France
ECAs: COFACE
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Reuters, Paris, 5 November 2019) France is considering halting funding guarantees for energy projects abroad that involve fracking or flaring, according to a finance ministry report. The government aims to make its program of state guarantees for export financing more environmentally friendly...
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2019/10/30
Country: Indonesia, Korea
ECAs: Export Import Bank of Korea
Issue: Climate Change, Corruption, End Coal Financing, Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Korea Herald, Seoul, 7 October 2019) While South Korea has vowed to phase out fossil fuels and turn to clean energy to combat climate change and air pollution, it is supporting coal-fired power plants elsewhere - like in Indonesia. The government is virtually contributing to environmental...
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