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Tunisia Says Seeking Partners for $3.2 Bln of Projects

Tunisia's President Kais Saied (center) poses for a group photo with OIF's Sec. Gen. Louise Mushikiwabo, French President Macron, Cote d'Ivoire's President Ouattara, Canada's PM Trudeau, and other officials and leaders of French-speaking countries, at the 18th Francophonie Summit in Djerba, Tunisia November 19, 2022. via REUTERS - TUNISIAN PRESIDENCY
Tunisia's President Kais Saied (center) poses for a group photo with OIF's Sec. Gen. Louise Mushikiwabo, French President Macron, Cote d'Ivoire's President Ouattara, Canada's PM Trudeau, and other officials and leaders of French-speaking countries, at the 18th Francophonie Summit in Djerba, Tunisia November 19, 2022. via REUTERS - TUNISIAN PRESIDENCY
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Tunisia Says Seeking Partners for $3.2 Bln of Projects

Tunisia's President Kais Saied (center) poses for a group photo with OIF's Sec. Gen. Louise Mushikiwabo, French President Macron, Cote d'Ivoire's President Ouattara, Canada's PM Trudeau, and other officials and leaders of French-speaking countries, at the 18th Francophonie Summit in Djerba, Tunisia November 19, 2022. via REUTERS - TUNISIAN PRESIDENCY
Tunisia's President Kais Saied (center) poses for a group photo with OIF's Sec. Gen. Louise Mushikiwabo, French President Macron, Cote d'Ivoire's President Ouattara, Canada's PM Trudeau, and other officials and leaders of French-speaking countries, at the 18th Francophonie Summit in Djerba, Tunisia November 19, 2022. via REUTERS - TUNISIAN PRESIDENCY

Tunisia is seeking international partners for investment projects worth 10 billion Tunisian dinars ($3.2 billion), economy minister Samir Saied said on Saturday at a summit of leaders of French-speaking countries it is hosting.

Saied also signed a $200 million financing agreement with France that will help support the North African country's budget, according to the ministry's Facebook account.

Tunisian President Kais Saied and French President Emmanuel Macron are among Francophonie group leaders meeting on the island of Djerba on Saturday and Sunday.

The two-day summit is the first gathering of the International Organization of Francophonie in three years following pandemic lockdowns and travel restrictions.

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TotalEnergies Reportedly Considers Foray Into Copper Trading

FILED - 21 January 2022, Berlin: The logo of the energy company TotalEnergies is pictured at one of its gas stations in Berlin. Photo: Fabian Sommer/dpa
FILED - 21 January 2022, Berlin: The logo of the energy company TotalEnergies is pictured at one of its gas stations in Berlin. Photo: Fabian Sommer/dpa
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TotalEnergies Reportedly Considers Foray Into Copper Trading

FILED - 21 January 2022, Berlin: The logo of the energy company TotalEnergies is pictured at one of its gas stations in Berlin. Photo: Fabian Sommer/dpa
FILED - 21 January 2022, Berlin: The logo of the energy company TotalEnergies is pictured at one of its gas stations in Berlin. Photo: Fabian Sommer/dpa

France's TotalEnergies is considering a move into trading copper, expanding its oil trading operations into metals to capitalize on the global energy transition, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
The oil major has been "studying the case" for trading copper, Rahim Azouni, senior vice president of crude, fuel and derivatives trading, told a closed-door conference in London on Wednesday, the FT said.
Azouni said the company has not decided whether to make move, the newspaper said, citing people who had heard his remarks.
TotalEnergies did not immediately respond to Reuters request for comment.
The company would be following Vitol, the world's top energy trader, which this year diversified into metals trading.
The energy transition, which includes electric vehicles and renewable energy technologies, will need large volumes of metals including aluminium, copper, nickel cobalt - providing lucrative opportunities for traders.