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VenezuelaUncertainty surrounds briquette companies due to nationalization delay
Venezuelan briquette producers Matesi, Comsigua, Orinoco Iron and Venprecar, which are all in the process of being nationalized, are still waiting to find out what the government's official agenda for...
Colombia
Sigma aims to replace steel tube importsRecently inaugurated Colombian steel company Sigma Steel, located in the tax-free zone of La Cayena ... more
Regional
Steelmakers join climate change initiativeSteel producers that belong to the Latin American Iron and Steel Institute (Ilafa) have joined the i... more
Brazil
Global crisis didn't force CSN to halt iron ore shipments in 2009The global economic downturn did not force Brazilian steelmaker CSN (NYSE: SID) to halt iron ore shi... more
Chile, Regional
Copper price gains 3.6% in week, gold still strongThe price of copper closed at US$3.05/lb cash on the London Metal Exchange Friday, up 3.6% week-on-w... more
Regional
Ilafa: Crude steel production down 27.1% in Jan-OctLatin America's crude steel output in the first 10 months of 2009 declined 27.1% year-on-year to 42.... more
Chile, Peru
Asimet reports trade balance on nations' metal industriesDuring the first three quarters of this year Chile's metallurgical and metal-mechanics sector export... more
Regional
IAI: Latin American aluminum output falls to 211,000t in OctoberAluminum production in Latin America was down 7.0% to 211,000t in October compared to 227,000t in th... more
Chile
IN BRIEF New Asimet president takes officeThe president of Chile's metallurgical and metal-mechanics industry association Asimet, Arturo Lyon,... more
Venezuela
ANALYSIS: The complicated relationship between business and politics - the Sidor caseThe postponement by the Brazilian senate of the final vote to decide whether or not Venezuela could ... more
Brazil
Copper sector lost US$2.30mn due to blackout, Sindicel saysCompanies belonging to Brazilian copper association ABC and nonferrous metals association Sindicel s... more
Colombia
Sigma Steel starts operations on three production linesColombian steel company Sigma Steel has started operations on three production lines at its plant in... more
Brazil
Votorantim, local businessman form JV for steel project in Mato Grosso do SulBrazilian steelmaker Votorantim and local businessman Alexandre Grendene Bartelle, the owner of foot... more
Brazil
Analysts react positively to Gerdau bond issueBrazilian market analysts evaluated as positive local steelmaker Gerdau's (NYSE: GGB) launch of 10-y... more
Regional
Gold demand down 34% in Q3, says WGCGlobal gold demand sank 34% to 800t (25.7Moz) in the third quarter of this year compared to 1,206t i... more
Venezuela
Strike leaves Bauxilum without bauxiteVenezuelan state alumina company Bauxilum has been left without bauxite - the raw material used to m... more
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In Depth Interviews
"In our view, the global steel market has not stabilized yet... in Brazil, things are a little better"
Richard Sippli
VP, senior analyst
Moody's Latin America
In this interview, Moody's senior analyst Richard Sippli gives an overview of the credit situation facing Brazilian steelmakers. In his opinion, Usimi ...more
Features
The postponement by the Brazilian senate of the final vote to decide whether or not Venezuela could join Mercosur, due to the belligerent outbursts of President Hugo Chávez against Colombia, is perhap... more
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