Brazil has rich mineral resources, making it an important player in the global mining industry. The country ended 2019 with the world’s largest niobium reserves (84.8% of the total), accounting for an overwꦿhelming 87.8% of the𒉰 global ...

The COVID-19 outbreak shaped the construction industry in Latin America during 2020. The econo꧟my of the four largest markets, namely Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia, contracted significantly over the year. The construction ...

In 2020, retail sales in Brazil rose by 1.2% y/y in volume terms, despite the negativജe effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the contraction of the country’s GDP by 4.♚1% y/y. The overall positive performance of the retail sector was supported by ...

Latin America is a resourceful region and has tremendous opportunities within its mining sector. From recently emerged stars in mi𝔍neral commodities, such as lithium, to traditional segments like gold, copper, iron ore and coal, the ...

Latin America was among the hardest-hit regions by the COVID-19 pandemic. The novel coronavirus entered the region at a bad time. The commodities boom at end of the 2000s combined wit♍h several local crises afterwards have hurt badly the public ...

Brazil was one of the hardest-hit nations by the COVID-19 pandemic on a global scale, ranking among the top three countries with the highest number of cases and deaths from the novel coronavirus. Brazil’s pharmaceutic♉al industry, ...

Brazil ranked fifth among the main global r𒈔enewable energy producers in 2019, following China, the United States, Canada and Germany. Among the more traditional ener🐭gy sources, Brazil is second only to China in hydropower and biomass ...

The transportation sector in Latin A♏merica still faces the challenges of most developing countries: inadequate infrastructure; informality; lack of diversity and limited availability of intermodal services. According to the World Economic ...

The wood and paper sector is one of Brazil’s most competitꦯive industries on an in🦩ternational scale. Its main advantages feature an abundance of available land, favourable soil and climatic conditions and high ...

Th꧑e electric power sector is usually one of the first industries that are affected by crises, and in Braz🌳il it was no different. The 2015 recession had dampened growth and investments, but 2019 promised a solid recovery in years to come. ...