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Al Dur IWPP closes

02 July 2009

Financing has closed for Bahrain’s Al Dur IWPP, the first major new Gulf project deal to close this year.

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Financing has closed for Bahrain’s Al Dur IWPP, the first major new Gulf project deal to close this year. The $1.7 billion project secured financing from international and Islamic banks and export credit agencies. The Al Dur plant will be built in south of Bahrain and will begin operations by 2011.

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Poll

Will Russia’s recent ban on grain exports result in a significant rise in private risk insurance claims from grain traders unable to fulfil their contracts?

Yes – there will be more claims. The government’s actions allow traders, with PRI cover, to make claims through contract frustration.
8%
No - the majority of Russia’s wheat production, some 70%-80%, is used for domestic consumption so the contracts represent only a small portion of the total wheat market, limiting the amount of potential claims.
23%
No - traders had a week’s notice before the ban allowing them to secure alternative supplies to fulfil contracts stated as optional origin.
23%
Maybe - but claims are likely to be limited to traders dealing in soft wheat whose contracts demand they source wheat only from Russia.
46%