The Brazilian Government is still studying and discerning as to what action it would be taking against the US for the non-payment of compensation to Brazilian cotton producers who were affected by the agricultural subsidies of the country, ...
Tags: Cotton, Subsidy Issue
The Ministry of Agriculture of Paraguay (MAG) has announced plans to review the Government’s plan for cotton in the country, and add new dynamics to implement the cotton campaign successfully. According to a statement issued ...
Vale announced Monday that it plans to sell as much as 407 million shares (an approximate 22 percent stake) of Oslo, Norway-based aluminum producer Norsk Hydro ASA in order to cut costs and boost profits. Norsk Hydro is valued at about ...
Tags: Vale, Aluminum Shares
Chinese authorities have inked a deal with Brazil to allow corn imports from the South American country. A Brazilian government official was quoted by Reuters as saying that this development provides a key market for the South American ...
Tags: Corn Imports, Grain Production
Mercedes-Benz do Brasil, a subsidiary of German truckmaker Daimler Trucks, has received an order for 2,884 Mercedes-Benz Atron dump trucks from the Brazilian Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA). All these trucks will be delivered to ...
Tags: Daimler Trucks
China's top three oil and gas producers have signed up for bidding for a block of a deepwater oil field in Brazil, each. Brazil will hold a bidding for a pre-salt block in the Libra oil field and the first round is scheduled to be held on ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, gas, oil
Brazil's government plans to finance state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA's participation in the October 21 auction of Libra, country's largest-ever oil discovery, the Estado de S. Paulo daily newspaper reported on Saturday. The ...
Tags: oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
German automaker Volkswagen is planning to invest $529m to commence the local assembly of new Golf model as well as restart production by its Audi division in Brazil. The automaker's subsidiary Audi will also invest about $200m to expand ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Volkswagen
SAP is to circumvent any spying by the US National Security Agency (NSA) in Brazil by building data centres in the South American country. In documents aired by Brazil's biggest television network, Globo, the NSA had a presentation dated ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
Germany-based steelmaker ThyssenKrupp has announced its financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months ended June 30 of the financial year 2012-13. For the third quarter, ThyssenKrupp registered a net loss of €238 ...
Tags: Thyssenkrupp, Steel Plants
Brazilian government enacted a new law by the end of July, the country's anti-dumping has been modified to make it more consistent with the current environment and more transparent. The new regulation replaces the 1995 publication of the ...
Tags: Processing Machinery
The Brazilian government has formally asked the U.S. government for clarification regarding the alleged large-scale interception of electronic communications of Brazilian citizens by the U.S. National Security Agency. The NSA intercepts ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
US methanol contracts from Methanex are expected to roll over for June while Southern Chemical Corp is expected to decrease by 2-3 cents, market sources said Thursday. "SCC will probably come down so they are within a couple cents of the ...
Tags: Chemicals
According to the National Confederation of Industry (CNI) reported that Brazil planned to increase its investment in transportation and energy infrastructure in next 10 years from 2013-2022. The country needs to implement more ...
It is learned that Brazil’s Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) planned to raise steel prices for domestic market again this year, after the steel has recorded sales record in the first quarter of this year. The company’s ...
Tags: CSN, Steel Prices