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Brazil's CSN Fined BRL35 Million For Donating Polluted Land

2013-04-09 05:33:00| Steel - Topix.net

Environmental authorities in Rio de Janeiro state fined steel maker Companhia Siderurgica Nacional 35 million Brazilian reais Monday for donating contaminated land to workers for residential use, and they also gave the company a list of corrective actions to take.

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30% of Brazil's emissions from deforestation are export-driven

2013-04-05 20:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: 2.7 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions or 30 percent of the carbon associated with deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon between 2000 and 2010 was effectively exported in the form of beef products and soy, finds a new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. The research underscores the rising role that global trade plays in driving tropical deforestation. The study, led by Jonas Karstensen of the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research in Oslo,...

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GE Wins More Than $600M In Contracts To Support Expansion Of Brazil's Pre-Salt Oil And Gas Fields

2013-04-05 06:51:04| oilandgasonline News Articles

GE’s Power Conversion business is proving to be an ideal partner for builders and operators of drillships and semi-submersibles. In the last 12 months, GE has won contracts valued at more than $600M to provide propulsion systems with customers leading the pre-salt oilfield expansion off Brazil’s east coast.

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KAON providing DTH and Hybrid DTH/IP STBs to Brazil's GVT

2013-04-05 05:00:08| Digital TV News

KAONMEDIA (KOSDAQ: KAON Media) has announced that it will provide DTH and Hybrid DTH/IP set-top boxes to Brazil's GVT. First products will hit the market during the 1st half of 2013.

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