Peru's government will take a final decision on the country's Gasoducto Sur Peruano (GSP) pipeline in the next few weeks, according to the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MEM)

ArcelorMittal has signed a $1.7billion power purchase agreement with a subsidiary of Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) to guarantee the supply of power and associated products equivalent to 600MW of capacity

Pakistan’s privatisation commission (PC) has directed National Power Parks to submit a pre-feasibility study to privatise two Punjab power plants totalling nearly 2.5GW, according to a statement

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an additional $229.5 million loan with the government of Uganda for the first phase of the $1.55 billion Kampala-Jinja Expressway PPP

ExxonMobil, Oil Search and Total have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand LNG production in Papua New Guinea

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will sign with the government of Egypt a $200 million loan to fully fund the EGAS Energy Efficiency project, to improve pipeline infrastructure in the North African state

Brazilian development bank BNDES has approved a R3.64 billion ($962 million) loan to Via Paulista company to fund the Rodovia dos Calçados road

The export credit agencies of Australia, Japan and the US have signed a memorandum of understating (MoU) to cooperate on funding infrastructure projects across the Indo Pacific region

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and pan-African communications developer Africell Holdings have signed a $100 million loan to expand access to telecoms in Africa

World Bank’s managing director and bank group CFO, Joaquim Levy, has been officially confirmed as president of the Brazilian development bank BNDES

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved €6 billion ($7 billion) support for transport, health and energy projects, as well as small businesses

Angolan energy and transport developer Aenergy has signed two agreements with the African Development Bank (AfDB) for energy-related projects in Angola, Cameroon and Ghana

Brazilian roads concessionaire EcoRodovias is about to close a loan of around R1 billion ($267 million) to finance the BR-135 road

The King Fahd Causeway Authority (KFCA) has invited bids for the transaction advisory services on the interim stage of the $4 billion, 25km King Hamad Causeway project, the second bridge connecting Bahrain and Saudi Arabia

The UK's export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) has signed a loan guarantee to support a €70 million ($78.9 million) loan issued by Angola's Ministry of Finance to construct and upgrade two power substations in the country

Australia-listed Pilbara Minerals has endorsed the stage 2 expansion project for its 100% owned Pilgangoora lithium-tantalum project in Western Australia's Pilbara region

Egypt-based trade and development bank Afreximbank and UK government-owned development finance institution CDC Group have signed a risk participation agreement

BNP Paribas has become the third bank to complete a fully-digitised trade transaction on the Voltron blockchain platform, supporting Rio Tinto’s bulk shipment of iron ore to client Cargill

Trade Finance has published its league tables for the third quarter of 2018