Tag: Minerva

• Wednesday, September 27th 2023 - 08:39 UTC

  China opens its market to Colombia beef; Brazil concerned as export meat prices have fallen considerably

  

  Brazilian meatpacker Minerva said on Monday it had received a notification from Colombia’s government saying that China has approved a sanitary protocol in order to open its market for Colombian beef exports.

• Wednesday, August 30th 2023 - 09:38 UTC

  Minerva's latest move shakes up Uruguay's meat processing landscape

  

  Conrado Ferber, President of the National Meat Institute (INAC) of Uruguay, expressed his concerns on Tuesday regarding Minerva Foods' proposed acquisition of three meat processing plants from Marfrig. If the deal is finalized, it would result in one of the Brazilian multinational corporations controlling 45% of the southern country slaughterhouse market.

• Tuesday, August 29th 2023 - 09:59 UTC

  Marfrig and Minerva agree to major moves in the global meat markets

  

  Marfrig and Minerva the two protein production and processing giants, from Brazil, and which dominate a significant share to the global market have agreed to concentrate in different spheres of the market, in a deal that has shaken the whole industry.

• Thursday, November 24th 2022 - 13:12 UTC

  Brazilian conglomerates dominate the Uruguayan meat industry export complex

  

  The Brazilian conglomerate Minerva Foods is moving to complete a further overseas acquisition, this time a state of the art abattoir and meat packing plant in Uruguay which once the deal is completed will mean over 50% of the country's meat industry will be under control of Brazilian conglomerates.

• Tuesday, November 23rd 2021 - 08:27 UTC

  Russia reopens market to Brazil for 200,000 tons of beef and 100,00 of pork, zero-tariff

  

  Russia announced to Brazil that it was reopening its market for a quota of up to 300,000 tons of meat, at zero tariffs, including 200,000 tons of beef and 100,000 tons of pork. Likewise, Russia lifted restrictions on beef exports from a Minerva processing plant and certified a second plant to begin shipments.

• Wednesday, October 14th 2020 - 09:07 UTC

  China claims it found residues of Covid-19 in Brazilian beef packaging

  

  Two months after China said it found residues of Covid-19 in a batch of chicken wings imported from Brazil, Beijing authorities repeated the announcement, but this time in relation to Brazilian beef. Apparently, traces of Covid-19 were detected in beef packaging during an inspection carried out at the Port of Dalian, one of the largest in the country.

• Thursday, April 30th 2020 - 07:41 UTC

  Brazil's Minerva confident of boosting beef sales to US and China

  

  Minerva SA, the largest beef exporter in South America, hopes to further boost foreign sales due to potentially scarce supplies in large producing nations like the United States, Chief Financial Officer Edison Ticle said.

• Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 08:03 UTC

  Brazil's Minerva and Alibaba agree on five-year beef supply deal to China

  

  Brazilian food company Minerva SA has signed memorandums of understanding with China's Alibaba and another five clients in the world's most populous nation to supply frozen beef for a period of five years.

• Wednesday, June 7th 2017 - 07:18 UTC

  Brazilian meat packer Minerva buys JBS plants in Mercosur member countries

  

  The Brazilian meatpacking giant JBS says it has sold its units Mercosur members, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay to companies controlled by a rival meat processing company in Brazil. JBS said in a Tuesday securities filing that it sold meat processing plants in the three countries for US$300 million to Minerva in Sao Paulo state.

• Wednesday, February 2nd 2011 - 16:35 UTC

  Mexico produces first “artisan honey-ales” directed to the gay-lesbian market

  

  A Mexican brewery has launched the first beer targeted to the gay community with a slight honey flavour and with plans to market the product in Mexico, Colombia and Japan among other interested countries.