Brazil's JBS plans to raise BRL3bn ($1.36bn) through initial public offering (IPO) of its poultry and processed food division. The company has appointed five investment banks, including Banco Itaú BBA, Banco Santander, BTG Pactual ...
Tags: Brazil's JBS, Food Unit, IPO
As metal prices plunged on the eve of the financial crisis in September 2008, Peru's billionaire Brescia family paid about $400 million to buy the world's largest tin deposit in the Amazon jungle. Now their mining company Minsur SA sits ...
Tags: Tin, metal, Metallurgy, Mineral
Banco BTG Pactual has received approval from the Brazilian insurance and reinsurance regulator, SUSEP, to establish an insurance operation in the country. The company, earlier this year, planned to invest $24m to launch a new insurance ...
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Reuters cited a source familiar with the situation as saying that BHP Billiton has selected mining venture B&A Mineração as the preferred bidder for its stake in Mount Nimba, one of the largest iron ore deposits in Guinea. ...
Tags: Guinea Iron Ore, BHP Billiton, B&A, steelmaker