Aço Brazil reaffirms investments of US$8 billion by steelmakers
The Executive President of the Brazil Steel Institute, Marco Polo Lopes, stated that the national industry projects investments in the...
September 29, 2021Topic
brazil mining
Brazil’s July crude steel production up 14.5% over 2020 – Brazil Steel Institute
Brazilian crude steel production in July totaled 3.007 million tons, a growth of 14.5% over the result a year earlier,...
August 19, 2021
The new gold rush, with its increasing tons of exports, threatens Brazil’s Amazon
Brazil exported some 110 tons of gold to some 20 countries last year, the result of a new fever that...
August 18, 2021
Brazilian mining sector increases sales by 98% to US$29 billion in the first half of 2021-Ibram
Mining companies in the country invoiced R$149 (US$29) billion in the first half of this year. The increase, of 98%...
July 21, 2021
Brazil’s Minas Gerais state expects final settlement of US$20 billion for Mariana dam breach -governor
The total amount is about four times higher than an initial agreement reached for the disaster in 2016, allowing repair...
July 19, 2021
ThyssenKrupp creates global engineering center for mining in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A major global producer of iron ore and other mineral commodities, Brazil has been selected...
July 19, 2021
Vale, BHP propose US$238 DIP financing for Samarco miner – court document
Bankrupt miner Samarco Mineracao SA plans to receive a R$1.2 billion (US$238 million) debtor-in-possession loan extended by its controlling shareholders,...
June 16, 2021
Brazil prosecutors to investigate Vale over allegations by Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz
Rio de Janeiro police have begun investigating allegations brought by Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz that Brazilian miner Vale illegally concealed...
March 27, 2021
In Brazil, an indigenous woman joins Bolsonaro in fight for mining
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Reuters) Irisnaide Silva is female, Brazilian and indigenous. And for once, in her view, she...
February 24, 2021