The government of Mozambique and the Brazilian mining company consider using methane, released in coal extraction, to generate electricity in the Moatize Mine, in the African country.
Author: Agência Brasil
Exports in the segment reached US$ 72.3 billion in the last twelve-month period, a record high for the period. In September alone, sales totalled US$ 7.36 billion.
The population of Brazil should peak at 206.8 million in 2030. From then on, the number of citizens should start declining, according to a survey of the Applied Economic Research Institute.
The Brazilian balance of trade recorded a surplus of US$ 1.67 billion in the first six days of October, according to information supplied by the Ministry of Development.
Being sustainable should be a priority for the country to stand out among Bric’s, said environmental logistics specialist Rogério Valle at meeting Carbon Neutral, Headed for the Cup and the Olympics.
The number of job positions in the industry grew 0.1% from July to August. There was growth of 5.2% over the same period of 2009. The result was disclosed today by the IBGE.
In 2010, oil production by the Brazilian state-owned company will be 2% to 3% lower than expected, according to the enterprise. The previous estimate was of 2.1 million barrels per day.
World Economic Outlook Perspectives report, disclosed today, indicates that the Brazilian GDP will grow 7.5% in 2010, a rate 0.4% higher than in the previous projection, made in June.
Brazil processes only 30% of the products it exports. Heavier investment in agricultural sector research could change the picture, scientists say.
Brazil is the only country in the Americas and the Caribbean that invests over 1% of its GDP in scientific and technological production. It ranks 13th worldwide in publication of scientific papers.
The Sustained Investment Program will set aside US$ 293 million for small and medium enterprises that export capital and consumer goods.
Cattle slaughter in Brazil grew 7.2% in the second quarter of the year as against the previous period, according to IBGE figures. Some 7.587 million heads of cattle were butchered in the period.
The industry’s revenues reached US$ 27.3 billion in the first eight months of the year, as against US$ 24.2 billion in the same period of 2009.
The surplus in the Brazilian inflow and outflow of dollars was greatly influenced by the Petrobras capital increase, which generated great interest among foreign investors.
