Brazil-based miner Vale has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2013, reporting a net loss of $6.45 billion, compared to a net loss of $2.61 billion in the same quarter of the previous year, as a ...
France-based pipe manufacturer Vallourec has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2013, while also stating that for 2014 it expects a stable to moderate increase in sales and EBITDA. According to ...
Tags: Mineral, Vallourec's sales
China's crude oil imports from Iran in January jumped 82.2% year on year to 2.4 million mt, or an average 566,856 b/d, according to final data released by the General Administration of Customs on Wednesday. The imports were also up 11.2% ...
Tags: Crude Imports, Crude
Perfect World Entertainment, Inc., a leading publisher and operator of free-to-play massively multiplayer games, today announced a partnership with Latin American digital goods payment giant, UOL BoaCompra, to monetize and market the ...
China's crude oil imports from Iran in January jumped 82.2% year on year to 2.4 million mt, or an average 566,856 b/d, according to final data released by the General Administration of Customs on Wednesday. The imports were also up 11.2% ...
Tags: Crude Imports, Mineral
Roberto Rodrigues was Brazil’s minister of agriculture from 2003 through 2006, and he’s recognized as one of that country’s leading authorities on agriculture. Like his father and grandfather, he is an agricultural ...
Tags: intensification, family farms, market forces
The National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (INMETRO) is a Brazilian federal autarchy, linked to MDIC, the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Commerce. In Brazil, certification bodies must be ...
Tags: INMETRO, certification
Brazil-based steel producer Gerdau SA has reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2013. In the fourth quarter, the net profit of the company was R$492 million ($208.9 million), rising from R$143 million ...
Tags: steel producer, Mineral
The Latin American country of Brazil exported cotton worth US$ 41.2 million during the month of January 2014, as per the latest data released by the National Association of Cotton Exporters (ANEA). According to the Brazilian Exports of ...
Tags: Cotton Exports, Textile
According to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), in January this year Brazilian steelmakers produced 2.74 million metric tons of crude steel, up 2.74 percent from December and down 1.36 percent year on year. Brazil's rolled steel product ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Mineral
Brazil's motor vehicle output in January this year increased by 2.9 percent from the previous month and decreased by 18.7 percent year on year to 237,491 units (excluding agricultural vehicles), according to the Brazilian Motor Vehicle ...
Tags: Motor Vehicle, Mineral
Now that Mexican President Enrique Pera Nieto has signed the Pacific Alliance between Mexico, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Costa Rica, Mexican steel companies await notice that Mexico is excluded from the application of trade safeguards ...
Tags: Steel Exporters, Mineral
German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp has announced that it has begun the construction of a new automotive supply plant in Brazil. Accordingly, in the coming months a new production facility for assembled cylinder-head modules will be built in ...
The Brazilian Association of Cotton Producers (ABRAPA) has evaluated the new Farm Bill, which ends the subsidies given by the US Government to cotton growers. According to the market estimates and the first analysis made by advisors of ...
Tags: Cotton Producers, Farm Bill
Axalta Coating Systems will begin the next phase of construction to significantly expand its waterborne production capacity at the company's operations in Guarulhos, Brazil. The 2014 construction represents the third year of a $32 million ...
Tags: Coating, waterborne coatings, automotive paint, VOC Regulation