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Construction has begun on the Casablanca seawater desalination plant, the largest plant of its kind in Africa.
A consortium of financial institutions has closed a 3.7 billion zloty (US$1.02 billion) refinancing of Światłowód Inwestycje, Poland’s largest wholesale-only fibre-optic network operator.
Spanish renewable energy company Zelestra has reached financial close on the Aurora solar and energy storage project in Chile, through a US$282 million project financing package provided by Natixis ...
In the first half of 2025, Vietnam’s final consumption rose 8% year-on-year, while fixed investment increased 8%, exports 14.2%, and imports 16%. The country's GDP growth target for the year is 8%, ...
Berlin-based renewable energy company NeXtWind has signed a €1.4 billion debt financing, €1.3 billion accordion facilities, which can be activated in tranches over the coming years.
Globeleq, an independent power producer based in Cape Town, and its project partner African Rainbow Energy have reached financial close on the 153-megawatt/612-megawatt-hour Red Sands battery energy ...
ChemOne Group, a Singapore-based petrochemicals, green energy and natural resources conglomerate, has secured US$350 million in Islamic insurance cover for the Pengerang Energy Complex (PEC) in Johor, ...
This reduction is equivalent to the total emissions of flying approximately 240,000 economy class passengers on return flights between London and New York. EcoCeres will provide SAF produced from 100% ...
This surge in fraud comes as both sectors experience rapid growth. The fintech sector in Asia-Pacific is set to grow from US$450 billion in 2024 to US$1.15 trillion by 2032, while that of digital ...
Franklin Templeton has launched Putnam Investments’ US Research Fund in Singapore and Hong Kong, expanding client access to differentiated investment opportunities. The firm plans to introduce a range ...
Southeast Asia’s largest buy now, pay later provider Atome, which is part of the Advance Intelligence Group, has secured a US$75 million asset-backed financing facility from Lending Ark, marking, the ...
US President Donald Trump’s tariffs – especially the ultra-high “reciprocal tariffs” that he says will be reintroduced on July 8 for any country that has not struck a trade deal with his ...