In addition to the Angra 3 Plant, scheduled for inauguration in 2014, four other plants should be built by 2030, with 1,000 megawatts of capacity each, in the Northeast and Southeast.
The figure was reached last week. The Japanese motorcycle producer has been in the country since 1976 and produces 13 different models of motorcycles.
Brasília – Brazil is going to provide US$ 10 billion in funding to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as informed today (10th) by the minister of Finance, Guido Mantega. “This is the second important step that Brazil is taking in order to become a creditor rather than a debtor to the fund,” said Mantega. The
The operator of the largest railway grid in Brazil is going to use the funds to improve the existing lines, buy railway cars and locomotives, as well to install new IT and security systems.
Brasília – Today’s edition (10th) of the Official Gazette announces the introduction of a measure that forecasts financial aid from the federal government to states and municipalities for encouraging exports. According to Provisional Measure 464, the federal government will have 1.95 billion reals (US$ 1 billion) to foster exports, a figure that should be passed
The Gross Domestic Product of Brazil dropped 0.8% in the first three months of this year when compared to 2008. The government and market, however, expects better results in the current quarter.
The objective of site ‘Brasileiros no Mundo’ is dialogue between the government and Brazilian communities abroad through the exchange of information. Expatriates are estimated at 3.7 million.
Students from over 30 countries should compete, in July, in the Imagine Cup, a technology world cup, whose final should take place in Cairo. Brazil should be represented by 22 students in eight teams.
To Guido Mantega, the Brazilian economy should grow gradually, and by the last quarter of 2009, the advance should be between 3% and 4%. In 2010, this performance should remain.
With production capacity for 200,000 litres of sugarcane ethanol per day, the plant was designed and made by São Paulo-based company Dedini. The official inauguration will take place tomorrow.
The total has been made ever since the company opened its factory in the country, in December 1998. Currently, around 500 vehicles leave the plant in the state of Paraná each day.
Late this month, Apex will hold a series of workshops to present a survey of the Middle Eastern market. The survey focuses on the fashion industry and the meetings will be held in three cities.
Ambiental Expo should take place in São Paulo late this month and should emulate the environmental fairs of Algiers and Abu Dhabi. The fair shows products and services in residues and energy.
The figure resulted from US$ 3.534 billion in exports and US$ 1.326 billion in imports, according to figures supplied by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.

