Tag: iron ore prices

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2011 - 07:07 UTC

  Brazil’s trade surplus more than doubles in July over a year ago

  

  Brazil’s trade surplus more than doubled in July from a year ago fuelled by higher commodity prices in spite of the over-valued Super Real that is having an impact on manufactured goods exports and promotes the import of ‘cheap’ products.

• Friday, May 6th 2011 - 02:14 UTC

  Iron-ore price doubles in a year; Brazil Vale’s profits soar to 6.8bn in first

  

  Brazil’s Vale, the world’s largest iron ore producer, posted a record quarterly profit as mineral prices and sales of metals including copper and nickel surged. Net income increased to 6.83 billion USD from 1.6 billion, in the year-ago period, Vale announced Thursday in a regulatory filing.