According to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), Brazilian crude steel production in the first five months of the current year amounted to 14.01 million metric tons, 0.8 percent lower year on year. In the same period, Brazilian rolled steel ...
Tags: Crude Steel, steelmakers
On June 20, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in May this year China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) issued iron ore import licenses for a total of 99.6534 million mt, down 8.46 percent month on month, valued at ...
Tags: Iron Ore Import, iron ore
Brazil's iron ore export volume amounted to 30.69 million mt in May this year, increasing by 24.25 percent compared to April and up 12.92 percent compared to the same month of 2013, according to the information released by the Brazilian ...
Tags: Iron Ore Exports, flat steel
Danish catalysis company Haldor Topsoe is set to build a new automotive catalyst production facility in Brazil. The new facility will see production of catalysts that can remove dangerous nitrogen oxides (NOx) as well as particulates and ...
Tags: Automotive Catalyst, Auto Parts, Catalyst
Robert Ehrlich, founder of Pirate's Booty, does it again. After running Robert's American Gourmet until 2013, the very company he founded, Rob continues to create trendy and relevant snacks. His latest success is Bodacious Banana, rich in ...
Tags: Anti-Aging Popcorn, SexyPop
Belgian-Brazilian brewing company Anheuser-Busch InBev has partnered with Syngenta for the sourcing of quality malting barley, which is used in brewing beer. Through the partnership, growers will have access to Syngenta malting barley ...
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Brazilian imports of LNG are up 6.4% so far this month, averaging 40,765 cubic meters/d in June, compared to an average 38,313 cu m/d during the prior month, according to the latest data from Platts unit, Bentek Energy. The rise in LNG ...
Tags: LNG, LNG Imports
Brazil and Argentina announced an extension on an automotive agreement that aims to reinforce their bilateral relations, Brazil’s chamber of foreign trade (Camex) said on Wednesday. Under the agreement, both countries are expected ...
Tags: Automotive Sector, auto parts
French pipe manufacturer Vallourec has announced some updates in its 2014 guidance, following its Brazilian customer Petrobras' decision to eliminate most of its tube inventories by the end of the year, while maintaining its drilling plans. ...
Brazil's motor vehicle output in May this year increased by 1.9 percent from the previous month and fell by 18 percent year on year to 282,465 units (excluding agricultural vehicles), according to the Brazilian Motor Vehicle Manufacturers ...
Tags: Motor Vehicle, Vehicle, Auto Parts, Transportation
Brazil-based Secretariat of Traffic and Transport (SEMUTTRAN) in association with the Brazilian Transit Operator Via Agile has started the pilot testing of the BYD's pure-electric transit bus. With the trials, SEMUTTRAN aims to evaluate ...
Tags: Electric Buses, pure-electric bus, auto, bus
In April this year, Brazilian miner Vale's iron ore export volume totaled 21.95 million mt, increasing by 14.44 percent year on year, according to Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase). ...
Tags: Iron Ore Exports, Iron Ore
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor has opened a new satellite design studio in Rio de Janeiro to leverage Brazil’s passion for automotive design and desire for quality products. Japanese automaker Nissan Motor has opened a new ...
Tags: Nissan Motor, automaker
Brazil’s civil construction union SindusCon-SP sees a lower increase in the sector’s gross domestic product (GDP), it said, adding the growth in 2014 would be between 1 and 2 percent, year on year. The forecast is below the 2.8 ...
Australian miner Cleveland Mining has announced that, together with its iron ore alliance partner Australia-based BC Iron, it is able to produce high grade iron ore concentrate from its Caetite project in the Brazilian state of Bahia after ...
Tags: Iron, High Grade Iron Ore