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The second edition of Infra Oman will run from October 2 to 4 in Muscat. At least 25 major construction, transport and electricity projects are underway in the country. In 2011, 5,000 people attended.

Brazil’mining company Vale signed a contract with oil company Petrobras to lease potassium reserves for exploration. The project will help lower the country’s dependence on importe fertilizers.

Want to find your space and export? The first step is to identify where the opportunities are and knowing that products with the Brazilian face and based on stability have space abroad.

The sector exported US$ 1.293 billion from January to March 2012, a higher figure than in the same period of 2011, according to the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.

Investment in the segment, in Brazil, will reach US$ 320 billion up until 2015, according to a study conducted by the Brazilian Development Bank. Oil and gas should receive the largest share.

The Brazilian Foreign Office is promoting the 4th International Monograph Competition for foreigners and Brazilians residing abroad. The work by Lygia Fagundes Telles is the theme of this edition.