On the water
Trade & Receivables Finance
Release working capital from eligible trade receivables and contracted cargoes.
Typical useReceivables purchases, letter-of-credit discounting and trade-payment structures.
Specialist commodity finance
Capital solutions built around the coal value chain.
Rochfort Finance brings independent origination and structuring expertise to the seaborne coal market, connecting producers and commodity businesses with specialist capital through transactions designed around real assets, contracts and cash flows.
- Mine development
- Capital markets
- Coal marketing
- Transaction structuring
Why Rochfort
Industry knowledge. Financial discipline. Specialist capital.
Rochfort combines decades of hands-on experience in mining, commodity marketing, trading and investment with disciplined transaction structuring. We understand the commercial realities behind each opportunity, from production and logistics to contracts, counterparties and cash flows.
Working alongside specialist capital providers, we originate and structure financing solutions that reflect the underlying assets, commercial terms and risks.
- Production Mine, quality, inventory
- Logistics Rail, port, shipping
- Buyer Steel mills, utilities, traders
From pit to port to end user. Finance structured around assets, contracts and cash flows.
Financing solutions
Financing designed around how coal moves.
From contracted cargoes and stockpiles to longer-term production-linked opportunities, each structure begins with the asset, the transaction and the route to repayment.
In the ground or on the stockpile
Structured Producer Finance
Align capital with production, inventory, offtake and the movement of coal.
Typical useStockpile-backed finance, prepayments and other secured structures.
Mine-life
Strategic & Long-Term Capital
Explore structures tied to mine-life commercial value and contracted cash flows.
Typical usePotential royalty, marketing-rights and other longer-duration transactions.
Indicative transaction sizes from US$20 million.
For producers domiciled in Australia, the United States, Canada and Singapore. Terms are indicative and subject to assessment and to the credit approval of the relevant capital partner.
Market opportunity
A global market with specialised capital requirements.
The seaborne coal market is supported by substantial physical trade flows, complex working-capital cycles and long-term supply relationships.
As mainstream financial institutions apply differing sector policies, commercially sound producers and trading businesses can face a narrower range of conventional financing options. Rochfort focuses on evaluating opportunities on their individual commercial fundamentals and presenting appropriately structured transactions to capital partners.
1.38bn t
Seaborne coal traded in 2025
Source: IEA
US$125bn
Value of coal exports in 2025
Source: Tendata
140+
Banks restricting coal finance since 2016
Source: Reclaim Finance
Founding partners
Established by operators.
You deal directly with the founding partners, from first discussion to capital-provider decision.
Barry Tudor
Founding Partner & Chairman
Mining industry leader and international entrepreneur. Founded Pembroke Resources and conceived and built the Olive Downs Complex, the world's most recent large scale open cut steelmaking coal project. Former CEO of ASX-listed Gloucester Coal.
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Barry Tudor is a mining industry leader and international entrepreneur with four decades in business, including more than two as an industry leader in coal. His experience spans mining development, capital formation, mergers and acquisitions and international commodity businesses. He founded Pembroke Resources and conceived and built the Olive Downs Complex in Queensland, taking the project from concept through financing, construction and into operations. Previously CEO of ASX-listed Gloucester Coal and a senior executive at Noble Group, Barry brings direct experience in building businesses, raising capital, executing corporate transactions and negotiating complex commercial arrangements.
Scott Croger
Founding Partner & Chief Investment Officer
More than three decades in global seaborne coal marketing, sales and offtake structuring, working with steelmakers, utilities and trading houses across Asia and Europe.
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Scott Croger brings more than three decades of experience in global seaborne coal marketing, sales, trading relationships and offtake structuring. Across senior roles associated with major coal producers, he has worked with steelmakers, utilities and trading houses in key Asian and European markets. His experience encompasses pricing, contracting, buyer relationships, logistics and commercially informed transaction structuring, providing a complementary perspective on market and counterparty risk.
- Mine development and corporate finance
- Marketing, offtake and buyer relationships
Our process
How opportunities are assessed and structured.
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Initial discussion
Understand the producer, commodity, contracted flow, funding need and indicative size.
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Commercial assessment
Assess asset and operating fundamentals, counterparty quality, legal framework, logistics and repayment pathway.
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Structuring and engagement
Design an appropriate transaction and engage suitable capital partners where there is sufficient merit.
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Capital-provider evaluation
Subject to the relevant partner's diligence, credit approval, documentation and mutually agreed terms, financing may proceed.
What we look for
- The whole chain
- Geology, mine plan, rail, port and buyer assessed together, because that is how the risk works.
- Selectivity
- A focused list of transactions we understand completely.
- Disciplined buyer risk
- Cross-border buyer risk assessed against investment-grade credit limits, with careful legal documentation.
- Clear repayment
- Identifiable assets, counterparties, legal rights and a defined route to repayment.
Capital partners
Specialist origination. Commercially informed assessment.
For banks, credit funds, institutional investors and other eligible capital providers, Rochfort offers access to a selective pipeline of coal-related financing opportunities.
Our assessment reflects the full commercial chain, from mine production and inventory through logistics, buyer obligations and contractual cash flows. We seek structures with clearly identifiable assets, counterparties, legal rights and repayment mechanisms.
Opportunities are discussed only with eligible capital providers. Nothing on this site is an offer of any investment or financial product.
Contact
Tell us about the transaction.
A founding partner will aim to respond within two business days.
- Financing enquiries
- deals@rochfortfinance.com.au
- Capital partners
- partners@rochfortfinance.com.au
- Offices
- Sydney · Brisbane, Australia
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