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Enel Green Power begins operation at wind farm in Pernambuco

Enel Green Power, the renewable power arm of Italy’s Enel in Brazil, has started commercial operations of the Fontes dos Ventos II wind farm, in Pernambuco. The R$430-million project has an installed capacity of 99 megawatts, with 18 wind turbines. The power will be sold in the free market, in which large consumers can choose […]

Opposition to EU-Mercosur deal to continue with Macron’s victory

Emmanuel Macron’s reelection as president of France for the next five years means continued French resistance to the European Union-Mercosur free trade agreement on its current terms. What might change depends more on what will happen in the October presidential election in Brazil. This is the assessment of Professor Gaspard Estrada, executive director of the […]

Low education puts youngsters in bottom of labor market

Four of the ten occupations that employ young people the most in the country have low schooling requirements – less than eight years at school. The account considers the number of young people in relation to the total number of workers in a given activity. A similar situation is seen also among the activities with […]

Analysis: Exchange rate will be key for monetary authority

In the coming days, the evolution of the exchange rate will be fundamental in the inflation projections that will support the decision of the Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) of the Central Bank next week. An appreciated real against the dollar, as seen earlier last week, may help the Central Bank to show an inflation projection […]

Auction of São Paulo beltway expected to draw interest

The São Paulo state government is expected to auction on Wednesday the northern stretch of Rodoanel Metropolitano. With the new concession, the expectation is to finally conclude the construction of the beltway of Greater São Paulo, which began in 1998. The contract provides for R$3 billion in investments over 31 years. Of this amount, R$1.7 […]

TIM foresees R$16bn in synergies with Oi stake

TIM Brasil snatched the largest slice of Oi Móvel in the alliance it made with Telefonica and Claro to buy the asset from the telecom in judicial recovery. In the acquisition, completed on April 20, TIM got about half of the spectrum and sites, and 40% of Oi’s customers. With the additional revenue, savings in […]

Bets on appreciation of bank, commodity stocks lose steam

The strategy of betting on the appreciation of bank stocks and commodity-related companies – which yielded substantial returns in the first quarter – is slowly losing steam. As foreigners decrease the volume of their purchases in Brazil in April, local investors report a more uncertain scenario and fewer alternatives for the continuity of the Ibovespa […]

High iron ore prices draw powerful outsiders

In a new cycle of strong growth, iron ore prices have attracted two major economic groups to the industry. The holding company J&F — owner of the giant meatpacker JBS — unveiled the purchase of mining company Vale’s assets in Corumbá, Mato Grosso, earlier this month. In August, Cosan, owned by businessman Rubens Ometto Silveira […]

Luiz Barsi unveils his main picks in Brazil’s stock market

Luiz Barsi’s office is not located in São Paulo’s Wall Street, Faria Lima Avenue, where most of Brazil’s investment banks and asset management companies are based. Instead, the investor, worth over R$4 billion, received Valor in the office of Boa Vista Investimentos in downtown São Paulo, a financial hub of decades ago. In this austere […]

CSN tests green hydrogen-based technology

The production of steel and cement is the largest emitter of CO2 among industrial companies around the world, with 15% of the total, and both sectors are racing to meet targets for reducing greenhouse gases. In this vein, Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) starts a pilot project with technology from the Portuguese company UTIS, which will […]