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Vale SA
Vale faces £3bn legal action over 2015 Mariana dam disaster
...It has so far distributed about R$35.5bn ($7bn). The UK legal case, the country’s largest-ever class action, is due to start in October....
March 19, 2024
News in-depthElectric vehicles
Chinese carmaker BYD held talks with lithium producer in Brazil
...It is building its first electric car factory outside Asia in Brazil as part of a R$3bn ($620mn) investment....
January 14, 2024
FT Live
Brazil Summit
Building a resilient and sustainable economy
Wednesday, 15 MayNew York, NY, USA
Natura Cosmeticos SA
Brazil’s Natura explored offloading cosmetics group Avon International
...Net revenue at Avon International fell to about R$1.46bn ($295mn) in the third quarter, down 2.3 per cent year on year on a constant currency basis with higher pricing offsetting an expected shortfall in...
December 6, 2023
Private equity
Natura to sell The Body Shop to private equity firm for £207mn
...The retailer’s declining sales continued in the third quarter, falling 13 per cent in constant currency terms to R$830mn....
November 14, 2023
Mining
BHP aims to settle over Brazil dam disaster
...In parallel to Renova, Samarco has separately made R$2.6bn in direct compensation payments....
November 5, 2023
Stellantis
Stellantis joins global carmakers in Brazil push with $6bn investment
...A day earlier, Toyota outlined R$11bn for its facilities in the country by the end of the decade....
March 6, 2024
FT Live
Commodities Global Summit 2025
The pre-eminent gathering of senior commodity executives, traders and financiers
Monday, 24 March 2025Lausanne, Switzerland
News updates from March 6: Nikki Haley ends White House run; NYCB to raise more than $1bn in deal lead by Steven Mnuchin’s firm
Stellantis to invest $6bn to boost Brazil production
...Stellantis has unveiled a R$30bn (US$6bn) programme to upgrade car production in Brazil, joining a $14bn wave of investment pledges by global carmakers in Latin America’s largest economy this year....
March 6, 2024
News updates from March 5: China targets 5% GDP growth in 2024, Gold and Bitcoin hit record highs
Toyota to invest $2.2bn in Brazil
...Toyota has pledged to invest R$11bn ($2.2bn) in Brazil by the end of the decade, boosting president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s goal to revive manufacturing in the South American nation....
March 5, 2024
News in-depthUK Budget 2024
SMEs eye Budget boost as they battle rising costs and labour shortages
...“We employ a consultancy to do our R&D claims for us because we haven’t got the time to fight the claims,” he said....
March 5, 2024
The Big Read
Brazilian football: the next frontier in global sport?
...Revenues meanwhile increased from R$140mn in 2022 to R$402mn last year. Textor says the target is to break even next year....
February 12, 2024
Inside BusinessMichael Pooler
Hopes rise of a break in Brazil’s IPO drought
...michael.pooler@ft.com...
January 30, 2024
Vale SA
BHP and Vale ordered to pay $9.7bn over Brazilian dam collapse
...After the Mariana disaster they had originally filed a lawsuit demanding R$155bn in compensation....
January 25, 2024
News updates from January 25: US economy grows 3.3% in fourth quarter, ECB keeps interest rate at 4%
BHP and Vale ordered to pay $9.7bn over Brazilian dam collapse
...A Brazilian court has ordered iron ore producer Samarco along with its owners Vale and BHP to pay R$47.6bn ($9.7bn) in compensation for a dam collapse that triggered one of the country’s worst environmental...
January 25, 2024
Pharmaceuticals sector
EU rules drive pharma backers to the US, says Irish investment chief
...Michael Lohan, chief executive of IDA Ireland, the foreign direct investment promotion agency, told the Financial Times that new rules proposed by Brussels last year risk further widening the gap between...
April 3, 2024
News updates from January 26: ICJ grants South Africa’s request for emergency measures in Gaza, US core PCE dips below 3%
BHP and Vale ordered to pay $9.7bn over Brazilian dam collapse
...A Brazilian court has ordered iron ore producer Samarco, along with its owners Vale and BHP, to pay R$47.6bn ($9.7bn) in compensation for a dam collapse that triggered one of the country’s worst environmental...
January 25, 2024
FT Live
Financial Times @COP
FT Live events coinciding with COP
Monday, 11 NovemberBaku, Azerbaijan
News updates from January 15: US-owned commercial ship hit by missile off Yemen, German output contracts 0.3% in 2023
Chinese carmaker BYD held talks with lithium producer in Brazil
...It is building its first electric car factory outside Asia in Brazil as part of a R$3bn ($620mn) investment. Read more here....
January 14, 2024
News updates from November 27: Israel-Hamas truce extended by two days, Qatar says, Fast-fashion group Shein files confidential IPO paperwork in US
Brazil’s Americanas signs deal with creditors to restructure debt
...The company, which at the start of the year uncovered accounting irregularities now estimated at R$25bn ($5.1bn), said the binding agreement covered 35 per cent of its debt....
November 27, 2023
Semiconductors
Samsung boosts Biden’s chipmaking ambitions with Texas plant upgrade
...Additional reporting by Lauren Fedor in Washington and Michael Acton in San Francisco...
April 15, 2024
Brazilian economy
Brazil’s sinking city weighs on Latin America’s largest petrochemicals producer
...The São Paulo-headquartered corporation has already paid out R$3.8bn in compensation, financial aid and relocation support under a redress scheme....
November 13, 2023
News in-depthBrazilian society
São Paulo’s historic centre has fallen into crime-ridden decay. Can it be revived?
...Most prominent among the city’s plans is a R$1bn subsidy package for companies that renovate old or abandoned buildings....
January 1, 2024
The Big Read
Lula’s playbook: Brazil bets on a return to state capitalism
...Of the R$1.4tn ($290bn) of investments targeted by 2026, there is to be $76bn of federal funding....
January 16, 2024
Energy Source
Green hydrogen: Can Brazil live up to the hype? Premium content
...It is planning a R$21bn (US$4.3bn) green H2 investment at the Suape port in Pernambuco state. “We will be competing with other countries that offer highly competitive scenarios.”...
January 16, 2024
Arm Ltd
Chip designer Arm’s shares fall after disappointing revenue forecast
...On a call with investors following the earnings release, Arm’s chief executive Rene Haas credited an “AI R&D supercycle” for a boost in licensing revenues during the quarter, as smartphone and PC makers...
November 9, 2023
Transcript
Transcript: Has ‘retirement’ had its day?
...Isabel BerwickSo let’s talk about the R word. Why do you think we need to retire the concept of retirement? Michael SkapinkerI don’t think it fits with people’s lives anymore....
December 19, 2023
Meta Platforms
How Meta got over Silicon Valley’s disdain for dividends
...Additional reporting by Michael Acton and Tim Bradshaw...
February 2, 2024

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