Investment in the terminal will total US$ 38 million. The plant will be built by Vale. The works should be concluded by 2012. The state awaits more funds to create industrial districts.
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One of Latin America’s leading fashion events, which ended last week in the city of São Paulo, received 21 international buyers, some of them from the United Arab Emirates and Egypt.
One of Latin America’s leading fashion events, which ended last week in the city of São Paulo, received 21 international buyers, some of them from the United Arab Emirates and Egypt.
Following a different route from the economic crisis, the articles and beauty and personal care products have not stopped being consumed in Brazil. On the contrary, the market grows each year.
The number of Internet users in the Arab country grew 56.2% a year between 2000 and 2008. Greater growth was only registered in Pakistan. Brazil is the fifth in number of Internet users.
The estimate for 2013 is by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Digital segments should grow much more than the sector as a whole. In Brazil, the activity should have a turnover of US$ 32.9 billion.
The volume of cargo loaded and unloaded in the port in Rio Grande do Sul was 3.14 million tonnes, an increase of 23% over the same period last year. It was the second highest monthly figure.
Foreign sales decreased 9.5% from January to May in comparison with the same period of last year. Nevertheless, a trade surplus of US$ 3.38 billion was recorded.
German companies plan to produce solar energy in the North African desert and to transport it from there to Europe. Next month they should sign an agreement in Munich.
The economy of Middle East and North Africa should grow 3.1% this year, in spite of the global outlook, according to the World Bank. The region is one of the least affected.
The Brazilian state won four of eight trophies granted by the prize promoted by the Ministry of Tourism in recognition for the success cases in the Tourism Regionalization Program across the country.
The plant will manufacture oil and chaff for the domestic and foreign markets. Built in 14 months, the unit has 34,000 square metres of built area and should generate 100 direct jobs.
Article "A new age in the farmland", by journalists Isaura Daniel and Geovana Pagel, is one of three Internet category finalists. This is the agency’s fourth article among the finalists for the award.
São Paulo – The king of Morocco, Mohammed VI, sent out a letter of condolence to the Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, for the crash of Air France flight 447, which used to fly the route between Rio de Janeiro and Paris. The information was supplied by the Moroccan embassy in the Brazilian
