Brazil's garment sector production rose by 5.33 percent year-on-year, while textile sector output declined by 2.83 percent year-on-year, according to a statement released by Associação Brasileira da Indústria ...
In March 2013, the A Index rose to 98.85 cents per pound on the 18th before receding to 93.15 cents per pound on March 26. The recent surge in cotton prices may be due to concerns about a tightening supply-demand balance outside of China as ...
Tags: Cotton Prices, Cotton, Cotton Market
Brazil's national statistics agency, the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica (IBGE), has reported that Brazilian industrial production fell 2.5 percent month on month in February this year, virtually eliminating the ...
Tags: Basic Metals Output, Mineral
It's reported that the Brazilian steelmaker Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) released its financial report for 2012 and the fourth quarter. CSN posted a net income of BRL316 million for the fourth quarter, slumping by 61.3% year on ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, steel
A great combination of culture and tradition, a Brazilian hammock is a comfortable and enjoyable way to spend a lazy afternoon. Brazilians understand the comfort, elegance, and warmth of their fantastic hammocks. Many of them use these ...
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Changing age structure was the most influencing trend for consumers’ preference for soy products in Brazil. According to 'Consumer Trends in the Soy Products Market in Brazil, 2011' report, about 64% of the consumers were influenced ...
Tags: Changing Age, Soy Products, Agriculture
Boao Forum for Asia 2013 Annual Conference will be held from April 6 to 8 in Boao, Hainan Province. Recently, Boao Forum for Asia's magazine "Boao Observation" teams up new institutional economics originator Ronald Coase, Nobel Laureate ...
Tags: Mineral, Baosteel, Internationalization Road
According to the statistics provided by Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase), in February this year Brazil's iron ore exports amounted to 19.4 million metric tons, rising by 13.4 percent ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Iron Ore
It is reported that Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau will begin to operate its new flats mill in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais in April this year. However, the company has not disclosure the specific date to start the operation at this ...
Tags: steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
According to the Brazilian steel distributors association (Inda), its members’ steel sales totaled 317,900 tons in February, falling by 7.5% year on year and down by 13.8% from a month ago. In the first two months of this year, its ...
Tags: Steel Sales, Inda, Metallurgy
Brazil's steel distributors association, Inda, has disclosed that its members' steel sales fell 7.5 percent year on year to 317,900 mt in February, decreasing by 13.8 percent compared to January. In the January-February period of the ...
Tags: Steel, Inda, distributors'imports
THE sharemarket jumped after Cyprus reached an in-principle agreement with the troika of international lenders on key parameters of a financial bailout, according to an EU official. Under the agreement, Cyprus' Laiki Bank would be split ...
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In recognition of World Water Day, INVISTA, producer of LYCRA fiber, highlights its commitment to sustainability The success of a company no longer refers exclusively to profits and market share. Currently, companies holding leading ...
Tags: polymers, fibers, fiber industry
Caixa Seguros, a Brazilian subsidiary CNP Assurances, has signed an agreement to purchase 70% of the outstanding shares of Previsul, for a sum of BRL70m (€27m). Acquisition of Previsul, a Porto Alegre-based life insurance specialist, ...
Tags: health insurance, insurance, life insurance
Brazilian investment firm 3G Capital’s owner Jorge Paulo Lemann has acquired 20% stake in icecream manufacturer Diletto for BRL100m ($50.5m). The transaction was completed in January and was handled through Innova, a fund controlled ...
Tags: ice cream firm, ice cream, icecream