Beijing: Three Chinese banks, China Development Bank, China Exim Bank and ICBC have signed memorandums of understandings (MOUs) with Brazil’s state-run energy company Petrobras to extend loan support to the company yesterday, under the witness of Chinese premier Li Keqiang and Brazilian president Dilma Roussef.
The three banks have agreed to offer a total of $10bn in financing to Petrobras, which had already obtained a $3.5bn loan from China Development Bank in April, to support the company’s acquisitions of offshore equipment.
China also expressed interest in investing $53bn in mining, infrastructure and manufacturing in Brazil. ICBC is establishing a $50bn fund with Brazil’s state-run bank Caixa Economica Federal for bilateral business opportunities.
Seperately, Brazilian mining giant Vale has also signed with ICBC for $4bn financing following a deal where Vale sold eight VLOCs to Cosco and China Merchant Energy Shipping.
