Duque de Caxias

Type: City

Name: Duque de Caxias

Country: Brazil

Latitude: -22.77

Longitude: -43.310001

population: 818,339

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 4 reports

One killed in Brazil giant fuel depot blaze

Rio De Janeiro. One person was killed in a spectacular fire that broke out in a fuel depot on the northern edge of Rio de Janeiro and spread to nearby homes, officials said, as cited by AFP.Six giant fuel containers at the storage site caught fire, sending ... [Published Focus Bulgaria - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Duque de Caxias, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Cardoso (Brazil)

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

PETROBRAS Petróleo Brasileiro SA

Brazilian president issues decree to take land for Petrobras Comperj project

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff Wednesday issued a decree to expropriate land in Rio de Janeiro state for pipelines to be built for Petrobras' Comperj refinery and petrochemicals project near Rio de Janeiro, which is currently under construction.According ... [Published Platts - May 22 2013]

Entities: PETROBRAS Petróleo Brasileiro SA, Decree, Refinery

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Lanxess AG

Lanxess adding plastics compounding plant in Brazil

Topics Materials, Latin America, Materials SuppliersSÃO PAULO, BRAZIL — German specialty chemicals and plastics maker Lanxess AG will open its seventh factory in Brazil by the end of this year or early 2014. The facility, in Porto Feliz, will include ... [Published Plastics News - May 22 2013]

Entities: Lanxess AG, Porto Feliz (Brazil), Brazil, Plastics

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

TIM Brasil expands fibre broadband in Sao Paulo

TIM Brasil is expanding its fibre broadband service Live, which offers speeds of 35 Mbps and 50 Mbps. Starting this month, the service will be available to residents of Vila Matilde and Artur Alvim, both located in the east of the capital of the state ... [Published Telecompaper - May 10 2013]

Entities: TIM Participações SA, São Paulo, Broadband

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Pedagogia Social e resiliência: diálogos possíveis.

Margareth Martins, Flávia Monteiro de Barros AraujoAbstractO texto busca analisar as contribuições dos estudos sobre resiliência para pedagogia social. As reflexões em tela são resultantes de pesquisa realizada com crianças trabalhadoras urbanas, seus ... [Published Education Policy Analysis - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Duque de Caxias, Escolar, Rio de Janeiro

Quotes

"It is unacceptable to locate a time bomb in places were people live and study" Cardoso said

One killed in Brazil giant fuel depot blaze [Published Focus Bulgaria - 10 hours ago]

The decree noted that it "does not relieve Petrobras from obtaining prior licensing and from the enforcement of obligations to environmental groups and other public administration bodies."

Brazilian president issues decree to take land for Petrobras Comperj project [Published Platts - May 22 2013]

"Automotives is the high-growth sector in Brazil, more and more global [manufacturers] are building new factories here" said Andreas M Scheurell, the company's LATAM general manager, in an interview at Feiplastic in São Paulo

Lanxess adding plastics compounding plant in Brazil [Published Plastics News - May 22 2013]

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