Water & Waste - Brazil - Minas Gerais plans US$383mn project t...

Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA (USIM5), Latin America's largest producer of flat steel, dropped to the lowest in more than 11 years after Moody's Investors Service cut the company's rating on its deteriorating finances. Usiminas, as the ...

M. Dias Branco S.A. Industria e Comercio de Alimentos, or M. DIAS, which manufactures, sells and distributes food products in Brazil, has signed an agreement with the government of the state of Minas Gerais, to build a new industrial plant, with a ...

One of today's notable stocks on the rise is Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais (NYSE:CIG), up 3.0% to $5.08. The S&P is currently trading fractionally higher to 2,090 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is trading fractionally lower

* March arabica peaks at 50-day moving average * Below-normal rainfall forecast in Brazil's Minas Gerais * London cocoa buoyed by weak sterling (Updates prices; adds trade comment, second byline, NEW YORK dateline) By Marcy ...

* Raw sugar soars 4 pct within 10 seconds on buy-stops * Below-normal rainfall forecast in Brazil's Minas Gerais * Weak sterling weighs on New York cocoa futures prices (Updates with closing prices; adds broker comment, second ...

/PRNewswire/ -- Investor-Edge has initiated coverage on the following equities: The Southern Company (NYSE: SO), Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais (NYSE: CIG), FirstEnergy Corporation (NYSE: FE), Abengoa Yield PLC (NASDAQ: ABY), and Vivint Solar ...

The states of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais must save water, she said after an emergency meeting in the capital, Brasilia.Ms Teixeira described the water crisis as delicate and worrying.Industry and agriculture are expected to be ...

Written on Mon, 12/29/2014 - 1:34pm By Nick Russo Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais ( NYSE:CIG ) is one of today's biggest movers, up 4.5% to $5.15. The S&P is trading higher by 0.2% to 2,093 and the Dow is trading fractionally higher to 18,064.

A major independent pig iron producer in the state of Minas Gerais told SteelOrbis that he is exporting the foundry grade product in a FOB price range of $415/mt to $428/mt, comparable to $440/mt to $472/mt one month ago. He added that in the ...