The fluid catalytic cracking refinery should be built in the Emirates and should start operating in 2015. The process speeds up fuel production from heavy oil.
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In 2030, developing nations should concentrate US$ 158 trillion, 50% of the global capital stock. Latin American and Asian countries will have the lions share. The information was disclosed by the World Bank.
The acoustic guitarist Elfateh Hussain will be an attraction of Virada Cultural, an event due to take place at several spots in São Paulo over the weekend.
There are 271,000 unemployed persons in the Arab country. Among youths aged 20 to 24, the rate is 41.1%.
New rules issued this Friday (17th) reduce the number of documents required from workers, and allow for masters and doctoral students to obtain temporary work visas to Brazil for up to 90 days.
International Monetary Fund announced that last year, the Gulf country’s economy had its best performance since 2008, but warned that indebtedness may lead to an ‘unsustainable’ situation in a few years.
The 2013 forecast has been released by Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture, according to which this is the country’s highest GPV ever. Items whose prices have gone up the most include tomatoes, potatoes and oranges.
Kenya’s former minister of Commerce Mukhisa Kituyi has been appointed by the United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon.
On a trip to Gaza and the West Bank, Caroline Anstey, director general at the organisation, visited projects supported by the bank. She said that the institution should work to improve women’s living conditions.
Also, according to the International Telecommunication Union, Portuguese became the fifth most widely used language on the internet between 2000 and 2011.
Saudi Arabia, Algeria and the United Arab Emirates have stepped up their imports from Brazil in April. During the month, the industry’s total exports were up 37.3%.
A research about the first quarter of this year and disclosed by the National Confederation of Industries (CNI) also shows that the participation of imported products in the domestic market is up.
Products whose imports benefit from 2% tariff include capital goods, computing and telecommunications. The ruling was issued by Brazil’s Foreign Trade Chamber.
The Brazilian oil company raised US$ 11 billion in the issue of papers abroad, the highest value reached by a Latin American company in operations of the sort.
