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Vale Plans $6-Billion Potash Project for Argentina
The board of directors at mining giant Vale (Rio de Janeiro) has approved 2012 investments of $21.4 billion, including $1.08 billion in 2012 for the 4.3 million m.t./year...

DSM Opens Premix Plants in Colombia and Ecuador
DSM Nutritional Products says it opened two premix plants at Tocancipá, Colombia; and at Amaguaña, Ecuador, last week. “The quality of premix for the feed sector is crucial to the quality of the livestock markets it serves...

Strong Currency Challenges Brazilian Chemical Producers
The rise in value of the Brazilian real is hurting competitiveness, including the Brazilian chemical sector which has the nation’s largest commodity deficit, an estimated $25 billion in 2011, Pedro Wongtschowski, president and CEO of Ultrapar...

Ethylene XXI Project Leads Braskem's Plans for Latin America Growth
Braskem officials say their Latin America plans remain focused on its 65-35 jv with Grupo Idesa (Mexico City), which is advancing development of its 1-million m.t./year complex at Coatzacoalcos. Braskem continues to evaluate a complex in Venezuela but timing...

Sector Fragmentation, High Costs Challenge Brazilian Resin Converters
Brazil´s plastics converters are working to resolve several challenges in an attempt to take advantage of the country´s enormous growth potential, says Jose Ricardo Roriz, president of Brazil´s plastics industry association Abiplast (Sao...

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