TXF Podcast

Anacala closes £100m debt for Dragon LNG regas project in UK, Mozambique puts fundraising for Anadarko Petroleum gas project on hold, and Ka-Kit Man joins DBS as VP for trade asset team

In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

• Anacala Partners has closed on the £101 million ($125.7 million) debt backing its 50% acquisition of the Dragon LNG regas/terminal in the UK from Petronas

• Mozambique has put on hold plans to raise funds for its portion of Anadarko Petroleum Corp's $20 billion gas project

• Ka-Kit Man has joined DBS Bank as senior vice president, trade asset management at DBS Bank in Singapore

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Bidders in for Al Dhafra solar PV, six Nordic banks join new KYC data platform, and Orion Minerals receives environmental authorisation for copper-zinc mine in South Africa

In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

• Twenty-five bidders have pre-qualified for EWEC’s 2GW Al Dhafra solar PV project in Abu Dhabi

• A group of six Nordic banks is forging ahead with plans to set up a joint platform for handling Know Your Customer (KYC) data

• Orion Minerals has received environmental authorisation for the Prieska Copper-Zinc Project in South Africa.

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B2Gold and Calibre Mining join forces in Nicaragua, Deutsche's Sayer and McNamara to step down in September, and IFC and Golman launches first gender-focused trade finance scheme

In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

• B2Gold and Calibre Mining are joining forces in Nicaragua

• Two of Deutsche Bank’s seasoned trade finance experts - Simon Sayer (head of export finance) and (head of commodity finance) have decided to retire from structuring deals and hand over the reins in September 2019

• The IFC and Goldman Sachs Foundation have launched an initiative billed as the first gender-focused trade finance programme

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World Economic Forum claims data shows blockchain set to boost trade by over $1bn, Castleton Commodities International closes two facilities totalling $2.7bn and market moves

In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

• The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released data that reveals blockchain would boost global trade by over $1 trillion

• Castleton Commodities International has closed two credit facilities totalling $2.775 billion

• Bryan Gartenberg has started a new role as senior vice president and head of escrow and specialized agency sales at Dallas-headquartered Texas Capital Bank

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Perseus Mining agrees $150m cash revolver, Greensill hires Garrod from Vodafone as CFO, and multilateralism in China trade

In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

• Australia-headquartered Perseus Mining has agreed a $150 million revolving cash advance facility with a syndicate of banks

• Greensill has hired Neil Garrod from Vodafone as CFO

• In advance of the ICC World Banking Commission annual meeting in Beijing, TXF gathered China financial experts and corporates to talk about financing China trade. Multilateralism was the watchword as the country manages expansion against a slowing growth backdrop.

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Leagold Mining closes debt refi, Ka-Kit Man joins DBS trade asset management, and Sonnedix seals solar portfolio

In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

• Canada-based Leagold Mining has reached financial close on its debt refinancing

• Ka-Kit Man has returned to banking and joins DBS Bank in Singapore as senior vice president, trade asset management

• Solar power producer Sonnedix has closed a €215 million ($239 million) refinancing of the debt package stapled to a 70MW portfolio of solar plants

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JBIC agrees green energy project credit line to Vietcombank, EBRD supports wind farm in Kosovo, RedRidge Diligence appoints McClay as NY director

In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

• The EBRD has helped finance a 32.4MW wind farm in Kosovo

• RedRidge Diligence Services has appointed Tom McClay to its New York office as Director

• JBIC has agreed a green energy projects credit line to Vietcombank

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GE Capital supports Ukrainian wind farm, RBC launches digitally-enabled client payments, and Glencore cuts agents and dealmakers amid increased scrutiny

In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

• Cross-border payments group RBC has launched the RBC Express Track Wire Payments feature as part of the bank's bid to deliver digitally-enabled client payments

• GE Capital’s Global Capital Advisory (GCA) business has facilitated the closing of the financing of the 100MW second phase of the Primorskaya Wind Electric Plant (Primorsk) in the southern region of Ukraine

• Glencore is cutting out many of its intermediaries -the agents and dealmakers once essential to cracking the toughest markets - amid growing scrutiny of its operations around the world 

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Clearway Energy Texan wind asset refi, Eramet searches for €1bn funding for manganese mine in Gabon, and Sembcrop Marine secures $1.5bn facility

In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

• Clearway Energy has closed a refinancing for its 101.2MW South Trent Wind project in Texas.

• French multinational mining and metals firm Eramet is searching for more than €1 billion in financing to fund an expansion of its manganese mine in Gabon

• Sembcorp Marine has secured a $1.5bn loan facility

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UKEF publishes record results for 2018-19, Noble to take stake in Arafura, and JP Morgan announces E-Customs Payment Solution

In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

• UK Export Finance has published its results for 2018-19, revealing it provided £6.8 billion in support for UK exports, a record since 1991

• Noble Group is set to take a small stake in Australian rare earths developer Arafura

• J.P. Morgan has announced the launch of E-Customs Payment Solution, making it the first foreign bank in China to offer a solution that fully digitizes and automates cross-border payments of good

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