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MAY 14, 2020

OXIS Energy and the Minas Gerais Development Company CODEMGE have signed a 15-year lease agreement with Mercedes Benz Brazil (MBB) to take possession of a plant located at the MBB manufacturing site in Juiz de Fora in southeast Brazil to build a Li-sulfur battery manufacturing operation.

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JANUARY 19, 2023

Atlas Lithium Corporation, a US-based mineral exploration company focused on lithium and other battery metals in Brazil, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Mitsui & Co., with respect to Mitsui’s potential interest in acquiring the right to purchase Atlas Lithium’s future lithium concentrate production.

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

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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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Petrobras’ oil production in Brazil reached an average of 2,126,000 barrels per day (bpd) in October, corresponding to 0.4% rise in September’s production of 2,118,000 bpd. October was the company’s ninth consecutive month of oil production growth in the country. from September’s production of 2,239,000 bpd.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

OXIS Energy Ltd UK has signed a contract with CODEMGE PARTICIPACOES SA, a public company incorporated in the city of Belo Horizonte in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, to establish the world’s first digital manufacturing plant for the mass production of OXIS’ lithium-sulfur cells. OXIS is targeting 500Wh/kg for 2019.

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JUNE 26, 2014

Haldor Topsoe A/S is in the process of establishing a production facility in Brazil. Recently Topsoe leased two buildings in an industrial park located in Joinville, Santa Catarina and work is now ongoing to obtain necessary regulatory approvals and place orders for production equipment. In 2013 more than 3.7

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billion) in beefing up production of hybrid vehicles in Brazil through 2030. Toyota plans to make two “flex hybrid” models in Brazil — using either petrol or ethanol as well as batteries — creating around 2,000 jobs, a statement said. billion plan appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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APRIL 28, 2023

MRN has annual production capacity of c. MRN started production in 1979. —President and CEO of Hydro, Hilde Merete Aasheim Hydro’s 2025 strategy, launched in 2020, outlined a clear ambition to lift profitability and drive sustainability throughout the whole company. million metric tons of bauxite.

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JULY 19, 2014

Petrobras’s June oil production in Brazil averaged 2,008 thousand barrels/day (bpd), up 1.7% from May’s production of 1,975 thousand bpd. Including the production operated by Petrobras for its partners in Brazil, the volume reached 2,135 thousand bpd, up 2.1% from last month’s production of 2,092 thousand bpd.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Biofeedstock company Proterro, the developer of a biosynthetic process to manufacture fermentable sugar ( earlier post ), and Bunge Global Innovation, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of global agribusiness and food company Bunge Limited, will conduct a pilot study of Proterro’s sucrose-production technology in Brazil.

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

Volkswagen Truck & Bus’s Brazilian commercial vehicle brand (Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus) will invest ~€420 million (US$448 million) over the next five years into the steady renewal of its product portfolio, modernization of its plant in Resende, and the development of its connectivity services. German companies think long-term.

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

Renewable chemicals and fuels company Amyris, Inc. In addition, Amyris announced its purpose-built industrial fermentation facility in Brazil has successfully begun production of Biofene, Amyris’s brand of renewable farnesene. has completed a $42.25 million private placement of its common stock.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

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. Audi had earlier produced in Curitiba between 1999 and 2006 (the A3), but the project at that time did not prove profitable for the company.

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JUNE 17, 2011

Mazda Motor Corporation has signed formal agreements and begun preparations to establish a Mazda vehicle production facility in Mexico and a sales company in Brazil, in alliance with Sumitomo Corporation. Mazda will hold 70% of both the production plant and the sales company; Sumitomo will hold 30% of each.

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The company said the capital expenditure for phase 2 is expected to be USD 100 million. Sigma Lithium on Monday made a final investment decision to add a second production line at its Greentech Industrial Plant in Brazil , aiming to nearly double lithium output, sending its shares up 6% in morning trade.

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AUGUST 2, 2013

Leading biofuels advocacy organizations from the United States and Brazil announced a joint trade mission to improve and enhance biofuels trade by matching businesses seeking greater trade opportunities in ethanol and other biofuels as well as green technology designed to expand and enhance biofuel production. 30 to 2 Oct.,

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

Raízen Group, the world’s largest producer of sugarcane ethanol, has committed an initial investment to develop a commercial cellulosic ethanol project in Brazil with Canada-based Iogen Energy, operator of the longest-running cellulosic ethanol facility. The company. commercialization at Raízen’s sugar cane ethanol facilities.

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JUNE 16, 2019

OXIS Energy will establish the first manufacturing plant for the production of electrolyte and cathode active material specifically for the mass production of lithium sulfur cells. OXIS is currently working on the design of the Brazilian Plant with NORDIKA Pharmaceutical of Brazil.

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DECEMBER 3, 2017

BP Biofuels and Copersucar have agreed to form a joint venture to own and operate a major ethanol storage terminal in Brazil, better and flexibly connecting ethanol production with the country’s main fuels markets. Copersucar is the world’s leading sugar and ethanol trader, with the largest sugar and ethanol storage capacity in Brazil.

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The Vancouver-based company, whose main business is a hard rock lithium project at Brazil’s Grota do Cirilo , started scouting for potential buyers about a year ago. Cabral-Gardner said Bank of America was still leading a strategic review of the company, but she declined to give details. Sigma has denied the allegations.

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APRIL 14, 2013

UK-based TMO Renewables (TMO) and Usina Santa Maria Ltda have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture to build the first commercial production plant in Brazil to convert sugar cane waste (bagasse) to cellulosic bioethanol. The plant is scheduled to go into production in 2014. Biotech Brazil Cellulosic ethanol'

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

A consortium of companies, including Royal Dutch Shell plc, Petrobras, Total, CNPC and CNOOC won a 35-year production sharing contract to develop the super-giant Libra pre-salt oil discovery located in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The production sharing contract is expected to be signed in November 2013.

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JUNE 27, 2012

and Bunge Global Innovation LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bunge Limited, a global agribusiness and food company, have broken ground on a 100,000 metric ton renewable oil production facility adjacent to Bunge’s Moema sugarcane mill in Brazil. Solazyme, Inc. billion expansion.

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DECEMBER 29, 2010

Spain-based Repsol and China-based Sinopec successfully closed the agreement reached in October to develop jointly the exploration and production of its Brazil offshore assets and to create one of the Latin America’s largest private energy companies. billion to Repsol Brazil, resulting in a company valued at $17.8

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OCTOBER 5, 2017

Say what you will about offshore oil and gas exploration, but it’s still alive and kicking—high production costs and all. The latest demonstration of the viability of deepwater projects, even in the post-2014 oil industry era, comes from none other than Brazil.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2013

We believe Iogen has the most robust, well proven, and competitive technology platform in the cellulosic ethanol business and, after this first facility is complete, we plan to combine Iogen’s cellulosic ethanol with seven more of our sugar cane production operations. Brazil Cellulosic ethanol' —Brian Foody, CEO of Iogen.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

Ford has produced its 150,000 th Mustang Mach-E electric vehicle since starting production nearly two years ago, a significant milestone as the company scales EV production to a rate of 600,000 annually by late 2023 and more than 2 million annually by 2026.

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AUGUST 12, 2012

will begin production of engine control units (ECUs) in Brazil in September, becoming the first company to make ECUs for cars in South America. In addition to Toyota, Denso aims to supply ECUs made in Brazil to other Japanese automakers, including Nissan Motor Co., The Nikkei reports Denso Corp.

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JANUARY 15, 2015

Boeing and Embraer have opened a joint sustainable aviation biofuel research center in a collaborative effort to further establish the aviation biofuel industry in Brazil. Boeing’s biofuel collaboration with Embraer is led by Boeing Research & Technology-Brazil (BR&T-Brazil), one of Boeing’s six international advanced research centers.

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AUGUST 3, 2020

Anelise Lara, the head of Petrobras’ refining, announced that the company is ready to begin production of renewable diesel from soy or other edible oils at commercial scale. Petrobras recently successfully concluded tests on an industrial scale for the production of renewable diesel.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Battery maker Octillion Power Systems will supply advanced lithium-ion batteries to Brazilian manufacturer FNM (Fábrica Nacional de Mobilidades) for the production of 1,000 electric trucks for beverage maker Ambev. FNM opened its EV factory inside Agrale’s manufacturing facility in Caxias do Sul city in southeast Brazil.

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MAY 12, 2014

will open a joint research center to advance a sustainable aviation biofuel industry in Brazil. Under a memorandum of understanding, the two companies will perform joint biofuel research, as well as fund and coordinate research with Brazilian universities and other institutions. Boeing and Embraer S.A.

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DECEMBER 25, 2020

Battery anode company Talga Group Ltd completed an A$25-million (US$19-million) placement to fund the Electric Vehicle Anode (EVA) pilot plant as part of the development of the Vittangi Anode Project located in northern Sweden. Most of the world’s reserves are in China, with other key nations India and Brazil.

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MAY 9, 2013

Speaking at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston , Petrobras CEO Maria das Graças Silva Foster said that the Brazilian oil and gas company’s reserves will double in size by 2020. Production, which was 2.2 We (Petrobras) have made 53 discoveries in Brazil during the last 14 months.

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OCTOBER 6, 2011

billion) to construct a new manufacturing facility in Resende in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro and develop, industrialize and launch new products. Nissan partner Renault also announced an investment of 500 million BRL (US$276 million) to produce an additional 100,000 vehicles a year in its Curitiba, Brazil plant in 2013.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

ETH Bioenergia of Brazil and Inbicon of Denmark signed a cooperation agreement for the introduction of second-generation ethanol technology into the Brazilian market. ETH Bioenergia, a company controlled by the Odebrecht Organization, is a leading ethanol and bioelectricity producer in Brazil with nine operating mills.

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DECEMBER 29, 2014

The Financial Times reports that Raízen, Shell’s joint venture in Brazil, will invest about R$2.5 The company is targeting eventual production of second-generation ethanol of some 1 billion liters (106 million gallons US) per year. All gasoline sold in Brazil contains 25% anhydrous ethanol content. Earlier post.).

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