CBMM, Echion open world’s largest niobium anode production plant in Brazil
Facility is apable of producing 2,000 tons per year of XNO, equivalent to 1 GWh of lithium-ion cells.
Vale’s chief executive officer Murilo Ferreira.
Newly re-elected Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is said to be planning the nomination of Vale’s (NYSE:VALE) chief executive officer Murilo Ferreira as her new finance minister.
According to Noticias de Mineracao (in Portuguese) Rousseff wants to use business leaders as unofficial ambassadors to help ease market concerns about her second term.
Other names said to be shortlisted to join the government are CEO of textile producer Companhia de Tecidos Norte de Minas, Christiano Gomes da Silva.
Rousseff received 42% of votes in the first round of the election, eight percentage points more than Aecio Neves of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, former governor of Minas Gerais. On Sunday she scored 51.6% versus the 48.4% her challenger got in the second round.
The inclusion of well-known figures, such as Ferreira, is considered key for the success of Rousseff’s second period. Analysts say only a business-friendly appointment followed by credible action to strengthen the fiscal accounts and control inflation would reassure markets.
Brazil’s leader now faces the daunting task of sparking a moribund economy that’s underperformed since 2011, with some fearing it could put the social gains at risk.
Rating agencies have indicated they will downgrade Brazil if it cannot improve growth and address fiscal imbalances.
The new minister should be announced before the G-20 summit to be held on November 15 and 16 in Brisbane, Australia.
2 Comments
Noonea Sadf
vale qr is net loss of 1.4b .. Does this dude desire a promotion after such failure?? Funny how Brazil runs things.. promote them when they fail.
Firdaus Abbasi
A brilliant move to have an industrialist help plot the course for an industrialising country. Makes sense. After all one would not want a clever financier that comes in with a sweet tongue to sweet-talk with unsustainable promises…. these are privateer shysters that landed world economies stuck in the mud since 2008!