In August this year, Brazilian miner Vale's iron ore export volume totaled 24.82 million mt, increasing by 0.27 percent year on year and by 9.03 percent compared to July, according to Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of ...
Tags: Iron Ore, domestic market
C-Vale will use Zip-Pak Brazil’s flexible packaging solution for its Aurora Auroggets line to enhance the quality and freshness. Zip-Pak worked in collaboration with Plastrela which is the convertor and supplier of the resealable, ...
Tags: Zip-Pak Packaging, fasteners
Brazil iron ore producer Vale, which has not been allowed to dock its ships at Chinese ports, could soon get permission to unload. According to media reports, the Chinese shipping industry, led mainly by Cosco, worked hard to keep out the ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Chinese Ports
On September 17, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in August this year China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) issued iron ore import licenses for a total of 104.4227 million mt, up 2.13 percent month on month, valued at ...
The Brazilian cotton trade has turned cautious in the just concluded fortnight, mainly from price volatility in Brazil, rise in global prices in early September and the dollar valuation against Brazilian currency real, which has also led to ...
According to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), Brazilian crude steel production in the January-August period this year amounted to 22.62 million metric tons, one percent lower year on year. In the same period, Brazilian rolled steel output ...
Tags: Brazilian Steel, Export, Metallurgy
Global steel giant ArcelorMittal and Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau have jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive transaction agreement to sell their respective 50 percent interests in Gallatin Steel Company (Gallatin) to ...
Tags: Gallatin Steel, Nucor, ArcelorMittal
A series of iron ore projects may be affected as a result of the low prices the market has seen for the product, according to media reports. Last week, the product reached $83.60/mt in the Chinese spot market, and from the beginning of ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Chinese spot market
Brazil's iron ore export volume amounted to 28.26 million mt in August this year, decreasing by 9.37 percent compared to July and down 9.31 percent compared to the same month of 2013, according to the information released by the Brazilian ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Iron Ore
Brazilian miner and iron ore producer Vale has awarded ABB a $103 million contract for systems at a Vale's iron ore mine in northern Brazil. According to ABB, the deal is part of a project by Vale to expand its capacity. ABB's contract ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, iron ore
Brazilian mining and iron ore producer Vale is selling its oil and gas assets to focus solely on iron ore, local Brazilian reports said. According to media reports, one the remaining upstream oil and gas licenses Vale had was now sold to ...
Tags: Oil, Gas, Iron ore, Metallurgy, Mineral
Brazilian steelmaker Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) will have to pay BRL 4 billion (US$1.78 billion) to the country's revenue service Receita Federal as a result of unpaid taxes. According to the nation's fiscal council Carf, CSN ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
In July this year, Brazilian miner Vale's iron ore export volume totaled 22.76 million mt, increasing by 2.1 percent year on year and decreasing by 5.18 percent compared to June, according to Brazil's National Union of the Industry of ...
Brazil's motor vehicle output in August this year increased by 5.3 percent from the previous month, but fell by 22.4 percent year on year to 265,910 units (excluding agricultural vehicles), according to the Brazilian Motor Vehicle ...
Tags: Transportation, car, auto
Brazilian miner Vale has been freed from paying taxes on profits made overseas, according to a Reuters report. This is expected to provide an opportunity for Vale to demand a $10 billion refund on a settlement payment. According to media ...
Tags: Tax Dispute, Mineral, miner