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June 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. designation of Brazil's biggest criminal groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) starting Friday is likely to increase the risks and costs of doing business in a country where gangs have had years to penetrate the formal economy. The two biggest Brazilian crime syndicates, the Comando Vermelho (CV) and Primeiro... Continue Reading →
June 4 - BRAVA ENERGIA S.A. (“Brava” or “Company”) (B3: BRAV3), informs its investors and the market in general of the preliminary and unaudited production data for the month of May 2026. Potiguar – The Company has been gradually resuming operations at the facilities that were suspended in October 2025 following an audit conducted by the... Continue Reading →
By Gavin Maguire June 3 (Reuters) - While oil markets fixate on the disruptions to Middle East exports and surging U.S. supply in 2026, South America is quietly emerging as a key new source of global crude flows. Led by Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela, the region has delivered the largest increase in oil exports of... Continue Reading →
June 3 (Reuters) - Major international renewable energy investors are lining up for Brazil’s first battery auction, announced by the government on Wednesday, boosting hopes that the storage units will obtain the financial resources to purchase power from the country's struggling renewable generators. Solar and wind energy projects have been hit by hundreds of millions... Continue Reading →
June 3 (Reuters) - Private equity management firm IG4 Capital and Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras on Wednesday became the co-controllers of petrochemical firm Braskem, completing a deal signed in April, IG4 said in a statement. Under the new ownership structure, IG4, through investment fund Shine, will hold 50.1% of Braskem's voting shares, it said. Petrobras will... Continue Reading →
June 3, 2026 - PRIO S.A. (“Company” or “PRIO”) (B3: PRIO3), following best practices incorporate governance and transparency, informs its preliminary and non-audited Operational Data for the month of May. Key: (1) Production at the Valente cluster was impacted by the need for replacement of a gas lift line at Frade, leading to a temporary... Continue Reading →
June 3 - Brazil registered a record in oil and gas production in April, with 5.640 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d). The data was released by the ANP in the Monthly Bulletin of Oil and Natural Gas Production. The previous record was registered last month (March 2026), when 5.531 million barrels of... Continue Reading →
Brazil, June 3 (Reuters) - The cars navigating Brazil's crowded streets currently powered by sugarcane or corn-based ethanol could before long run on a cornucopia of fuels made from grains, tubers and other exotic feedstocks. A new wave of biofuel innovation is sweeping the nation, with developers in unexpected corners of the country's farm sector... Continue Reading →
June 3 (Reuters) - Atlas Renewable Energy, one of South America's largest clean power generators, has put plans for $1 billion in new investments in Brazil on hold as the national grid operator has periodically rejected renewable power, CEO Carlos Barrera said. Atlas - owned by BlackRock unit Global Infrastructure Partners - had planned the projects... Continue Reading →
June 1 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has proposed a new punitive tariff of 25% on many imports from Brazil, after deciding its practices were unfair on a range of issues from digital trade to illegal deforestation, top trade official Jamieson Greer said on Monday. The measures, under the Section 301 trade legislation, cover areas... Continue Reading →
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