Renato Rostás

Managing Editor, Brazil Refined Product Markets at S&P Global

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Brazil spot diesel market drops on global downturn, ample supply

Oct 28, 2024 | spglobal.com | Kauanna Navarro |Renato Rostás

Sentiment in the Brazilian spot diesel market turned sour Oct. 28 amid ample supply and following a downturn in international markets led by falling oil prices, market participants told S&P Global Commodity Insights. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience.
Arbitrage further boosts Brazil diesel imports, expected to last few more weeks

Sep 20, 2024 | spglobal.com | Kauanna Navarro |Renato Rostás

More importers have been taking advantage of the open arbitrage window for diesel in Brazil, as a persistent gap between local and import parity prices is expected to last for at least a few more weeks, market participants said on Sept. 20. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. According to the daily report of the Association of Brazilian Fuel Importers, or Abicom, released on Sept.
Launch of boric acid price assessments

Jul 31, 2024 | fastmarkets.com | Renato Rostás

With the intention of bringing more transparency to the boron market, these prices aim to ultimately serve the permanent magnet, energy and electric vehicle supply chains and complement existing Fastmarkets’ energy transition price assessments.
Lithium Ionic moves forward for spodumene mine start-up in Brazil

Jun 5, 2024 | fastmarkets.com | Renato Rostás |Charlotte Price

The company estimates an operating cost of $444 per tonne for the project, considering both mining and processing the spodumene into concentrate form. Despite recent price declines, that still puts the deposit in a privileged economic position. Fastmarkets’ latest price assessment for spodumene 6% Li2O, spot price, cif China was $1,150-1,200 per tonne on Tuesday June 4, down by 0.42% from $1,150-1,210 per tonne the day before and stable week on week.
Brazilian aluminium industry plans further decarbonization

Apr 16, 2024 | metalbulletin.com | Renato Rostás |Gabriela Brumatti

Welcome to Fastmarkets MB now incorporating Steel First All Steel First prices, news and market analysis can be found here on www.metalbulletin.com <![endif]--><![endif]--> Brazil’s aluminium industry already has carbon-emissions levels that are significantly below the global average, but it has plans for further cuts in these emissions by increasing the use of renewable energy and more recycling, Fastmarkets has heard. ... April 16, 2024 14:25 GMT São Paulo...
Light metal's key strategic role in push to net-zero outlined at Brazil's annual aluminium congress

Apr 12, 2024 | metalbulletin.com | Renato Rostás |Sandy Oliveira

Welcome to Fastmarkets MB now incorporating Steel First All Steel First prices, news and market analysis can be found here on www.metalbulletin.com <![endif]--><![endif]--> Top industry executives and government ministers told delegates at Brazil's ninth International Aluminium Congress in São Paulo this week that the aluminium industry has a key strategic role to play in the country's push to become a world-leading, low-carbon economy. ... April 12, 2024 16:36 GMT São Paulo...
Brazil's CBA to start up dry alumina tailings filter in April, CEO says

Apr 9, 2024 | metalbulletin.com | Renato Rostás

Welcome to Fastmarkets MB now incorporating Steel First All Steel First prices, news and market analysis can be found here on www.metalbulletin.com <![endif]--><![endif]--> Brazilian aluminium producer Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA) will start up a dry tailings filtering project in April to eliminate alumina liquid waste at its plant in Alumínio, in the country’s southeastern São Paulo state, chief executive officer Luciano Alves told Fastmarkets on Tuesday April 9. ... April 10, 2024...
Carmakers announce big investments in Brazil, focus on hybrids

Mar 11, 2024 | metalbulletin.com | Felipe Peroni |Renato Rostás |Gabriela Brumatti

Welcome to Fastmarkets MB now incorporating Steel First All Steel First prices, news and market analysis can be found here on www.metalbulletin.com <![endif]--><![endif]--> Car manufacturers have recently announced investments totalling more than 117 billion Reais ($23.48 billion) in Brazil for the production of cars that use decarbonization technologies, with a focus on hybrid models, because of the country’s gradually increasing import tariffs and a tax beneift program, Fastmarkets has...
Delayed publication of Brazilian aluminium import premium

Jan 30, 2024 | fastmarkets.com | Renato Rostás

The following premium was affected:MB-AL-0022 Aluminium P1020A premium, cif dup Brazilian main ports, $/tonneThis premium is scheduled for publication at 2-3pm London time on the last Tuesday of every month, but it was published late. It is part of Fastmarkets’ base metals price package.
Brazilian miners bet on high-grade iron metallics in race for Scope 3 carbon neutrality

Nov 30, 2023 | fastmarkets.com | Renato Rostás |Gabriela Brumatti |Julia Bolotova |Norman Fong

World Steel Association (worldsteel) data from 2022 showed that the worldwide seaborne iron ore market supply amounted to around 1.65 billion tonnes that year. Direct-reduced iron (DRI) output, however, was just 125.1 million tonnes in 2022. Market participants said they anticipate that emission-cutting initiatives will gradually increase DRI procurement. Fastmarkets spoke with leading iron ore producers in Brazil to discuss their initiatives that target scope 3 emission cuts.