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ArcelorMittal Tubarão, Brazil first ResponsibleSteel steelmaking site in Latin America

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Launched in 2015, ResponsibleSteel sets global standards for sustainability performance and promotes the certification of steel chain companies through a network of independent certification bodies. The company manufactures flat steel products—primarily hot-rolled plates and coils—for both domestic and international markets.

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Glencore buying in to Hydro Alunorte alumina refinery, MRN bauxite mining in Brazil

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Mining in Brazil’s Amazon forest. Left: distribution of mining leases and forests in 2015. Mining leases are shown as white polygons overlying Landsat imagery for 1985 and 2015. Today, around 120 different species are commonly used. Right: case study mining operations. Landsat pixel-based cloud-free mosaic, bands 3, 2, 1.

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Audi newly to begin production in Brazil in 2015; $200M investment in Curitiba

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Beginning in 2105, Audi AG will produce the new Audi Q3 and the new A3 Sedan on the premises of Volkswagen’s Curitiba plant in São José dos Pinhais, Brazil. The plans for Brazil are part of Audi’s international expansion plans. As a first step, Audi will produce the new A3 Sedan in Brazil starting in 2015.

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BYD building factory in Brazil for electric buses and battery packs

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BYD will build its first factory in Brazil in the city of Campinas (in the São Paulo region of Brazil). The factory is slated to open in 2015 and will launch the manufacturing and assembly of the BYD’s electric transit bus in South America as well as the Iron-Phosphate battery packs.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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Honda to build new automobile production plant in Brazil doubling annual production capacity to 240,000 units in 2015

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HAB), the Honda automobile production and sales subsidiary in Brazil, plans to build a new automobile production plant with annual production capacity of 120,000 units. The new plant, scheduled to become operational in 2015, will produce Fit-class compact vehicles, for which demand is high on a global basis.

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Iogen and Raízen begin production of cellulosic ethanol in Brazil

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Cellulosic biofuel technology developer Iogen Corporation and Raízen, one of the world’s largest producers of sugarcane ethanol, have begun production of cellulosic ethanol on schedule at Raízen’s newly expanded Costa Pinto sugar cane mill in Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil. million gallons US) per year of cellulosic biofuel.

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