Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YLB) Legal Manager Pablo Nina warned Tuesday that the Chinese company Hong Kong CBC has three years to extract a mineral with 99.5% purity and 80% recovery in the raw material processing or face the dismantling of its two battery-grade lithium carbonate production plants in the Uyuni salt flat and leave the country.
After the departure from the country earlier this month of Japanese autopart maker Yazaki, Uruguay's Chamber of Industries (CIU) President Leonardo García warned that the South American country's situation might encourage other foreign companies to follow suit.
The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) is aware that Starlink this week issued a notification to some of its users, indicating their intent to disable services due to the Falkland Islands not being an authorized territory.
The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) is in the process of considering the potential for the future development of large-scale, commercial salmon-farming activities in Falkland Islands waters. An in-depth public consultation on a set of development proposals, including a proposal that large-scale salmon-farming is not permitted, is planned for mid-2025.
The management of the Falkland Islands Government’s (FIG) investment fund portfolio of £400m has been awarded to HSBC Private Banking UK (HSBC) after a competitive process. FIG reviews its investment management on a periodic basis and last year decided to undertake a formal tender.
Japanese autopart makers Yazaki announced the closure of its two plants in Uruguay citing rising costs, leaving thousands jobless, it was reported in Montevideo. Some 1,200 workers have been affected by the measure. The plants in Las Piedras and Colonia, which had been operating since 2007, represented 300 and 900 jobs respectively. Yazaki's presence in the region will be shifting to Argentina and Paraguay.
Switzerland's Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Helen Budlinger told Paraguayan President Santiago Peña that her country was interested in expanding businesses with Asunción and with all of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). She made those remarks Thursday as she welcomed Peña to the non-European Union nation which thus covets a separate Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
The company to pick up the baton from Pluna as Uruguay's flag airline was launched Tuesday during a press conference at Montevideo's Carrasco International Airport. SUA (Sociedad Uruguaya de Aviación) intends to position the air terminal as a regional logistics hub by reducing flight times and costs to destinations in Mercosur and Chile, it was explained.
Brazil's Federal Ministry of Ports and Airports launched an unprecedented sustainability policy for these facilities as well as for waterways in a move to encourage sustainable practices, promote transparency, and strengthen social inclusion.
The company willing to pick up Pluna's legacy as Uruguay's flag carrier will be making a series of announcements next week at Montevideo's Carrasco International Airport, just one year after revealing its plans. SUA (Sociedad Uruguaya de Aviación) is to start operations through a wet lease of airBaltic Airbus A220 aircraft, thus becoming the first airline in Latin America and the Caribbean to choose the Canadian-built narrow-body twin jet.