Analysis Archive
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Interoceanica Norte real toll road
Transport Latin AmericaA thriving South American market has just added a unique bond financing deal to its continental portfolio - the US$213 IIRSA Norte bond, issued to finance a road connecting the Peru coast with the...
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Kwale titanium mineral sands project
Oil & Gas Sub-Saharan AfricaKenya's Kwale project - a titanium mineral sands venture sponsored by Canadian mining firm Tiomin Resources - is remarkable in a number of ways. It is one of the largest foreign direct investments the...
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Raft River I - US Geothermal
Renewables North AmericaUS Geothermal's US$40 million deal to build and operate a renewable power station in Idaho looks set to be the first of a spate of such projects to crop up around the US
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Reliance Petroleum Jamnagar refinery
Oil & Gas Asia PacificThe closure of the US$1.5 billion international debt tranche for Reliance Petroleum's Jamnigar refinery in Gujarat might just mark the end of the post-Dabhol hiatus in Indian project financing
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The UK's Northolt MoDEL - a new model army deal
Social & Defence EuropeThe UK ministry of defence's Project MoDEL reached financial close in early August, giving a boost to military transactions that for so long have been languishing without movement. This project could...
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Essen’s proton therapy centre – Germany’s first health PPP
Social & Defence EuropeEssen university hospital's groundbreaking proton therapy centre in north western Germany closed in early summer as the first signed PPP deal in the country's health sector
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UK MoD's £1.15bn Northwood PPP
Social & Defence EuropeThe £1.15 billion contract for the redevelopment, management and operation of facilities at the Northwood Headquarters site outside London stands out as a deal that signals the continued rise of UK...
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Renomar wind portfolio
Renewables Europe'It is a great art to sell wind,' Confucius said. He was wrong. Actually, selling wind - or wind power, at least - is quite easy. Deals are getting bigger; pricing more competitive. And Renomar's...
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Tel Aviv 431 shadow toll highway
Transport MENAThe Israeli project finance market has come of age with the close of the country's largest deal to date - the US$400 million financing of the 431 highway, the southern section of the Tel Aviv ring...
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Tangguh LNG project
Oil & Gas Asia PacificWhen the then independent exploration company ARCO gave the name Tangguh - Bahasa Indonesian for 'resilience' - to the rich gas finds off the west coast of Papua in the 1990s they could have hardly...
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Bahrain's Al Hidd IWPP
Power MENAFirst drawdown on the US$1.3 billion Al Hidd project took place recently, showing the alacrity with which the Bahrainis are able to move projects forward.