Mining
Africa Credit Markets Brief: 18 October – 01 November
BADEA to support economic development in the continent – SA budget deficit rose 4.3% – AfDB suspended a loan to Nigeria – Kenya to reopen 5-year notes – Ghana issued USD1.3bn of fresh debt – Tanzania struck a deal with Barrick Gold for USD300mn – Inflation in Zambia dropped – Zimbabwe hopes to cut budget deficit to 4%
1 Nov 2017
Latin America Credit Markets Brief: 12 October – 26 October
Nafin to return to the yen market – CFE issued a triple-tranche bond in the local market –Petrobras gets upgraded – Gerdau sold USD650mn in fresh debt – Argentina raises rates – Consumer prices to fall in Peru – The IMF might bail out Venezuela – PDVSA´s assets continue to rally – Guatemala gets downgraded – Bancolombia issued a ten-year bond
26 Oct 2017
Russia, CIS, Europe & Turkey Credit Markets Brief: 05 October- 19 October
Western sanctions against Russia could stay in place for the next 10 years – Russia Railways issued a RUB15bn bond – Belarus could face further rate cuts – Kazakhstan’s Central Bank to sell USD1bn in assets – Hungary tapped the markets with 10-year notes – Diplomatic tensions take a toll on Turkey’s assets – Tupras sold USD700mn of fresh debt
19 Oct 2017
Africa Credit Markets Brief: 04 October – 18 October
AfDB approved a USD200mn funding facility for private sector projects –Foreign investors bought ZAR18bn of SA bonds – Zuma could face new corruption charges – Fidelity Bank tapped the international markets – IMF concerned about Nigeria’s debt – Ethiopia devalued its currency – CBK placed a 5-year bond – Mauritius to hit the local currency markets
18 Oct 2017
A China Resurgence is Good News for Metals
Keith Spence, a long time China outbound investments expert, offers his views on China's effect on metals outlook.
17 Oct 2017
Interview: Victor Gobitz, CEO, Buenaventura on the Mining Sector’s Main Challenges
Victor Gobitz, Chief Executive Officer, Buenaventura, discusses the main challenges facing the mining sector and how Buenventura are planning to overcome them.
15 Oct 2017
How Might Companies Change their Approach to Community Investment?
A classic Latin American story repeats itself from project to project: Rural people play the role of the Victim. Outsiders, like mining companies, fall into the role of Villain. Discussions polarize. Local people feel powerless. They see the Villain as a threat to land and culture, a threat to power. Local organizations emerge as defenders of the community. The community rises against the Villain…
13 Oct 2017
Latin America Credit Markets Brief: 28 September-12 October
UK aims to bolster trade relationships with South America – Mexico issued a USD1.8bn bond – Grupo Bimbo tapped the local markets with 10-year notes – IFC to invest USD200 in a plant in Brazil – Brazil sold USD3bn of fresh debt – Argentina to grow 3% in 2017 – Venezuela’s inflation to hit 2,300% in 2018 – Chile’s Colbun issued a 10-year bond – Venezuela’s securities hit a three-year high – El…
12 Oct 2017
Best Practice for Investing into the Mining Sector
Experienced investors and mining professionals Marc Blais and George McIssac provide their views on what investors need to be looking out for going into 2017, and what fundamentals they need to understand before making investment into the mining sector.
11 Oct 2017
Africa Credit Markets Brief: 20 September – 04 October
African Development Bank tapped the international markets – South Africa issued dollar bonds worth USD2.5bn – NPLs rise in Nigeria – Nigeria raises NGN105.87 through maiden sovereign sukuk - Kenya Airways is looking to restructure debt – Ghana holds rates – Zimbabwe gets a USD600mn credit line from Afreximbank
4 Oct 2017