Chinese investors intend to explore heavy sands in Pebane, a coastal district in central Mozambique, as announced on the 20th of June during a community meeting to assess environmental impacts.

On a visit to the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation on the 19th of June , the Chinese ambassador to Brazil, Zhu Qingqiao, reaffirmed his commitment to long-term and comprehensive cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation and said that joint development of Satélite Sino-Brazilian on Terrestrial Resources – CBERS-6 can serve as an example for other partnerships between the two countries.

Auto Sueco Moçambique, a Nors Group company, has just been named the official distributor in Mozambique of DongFeng Trucks, a top-of-the-line Chinese brand of trucks. The brand intends to develop road transport in various sectors, namely Long Haul, Distribution, Construction, Mines and Forestry, Environment, with trucks with high load capacity, safety and reliability.

On the 20th of June, the Credit Committee of the Novo Banco de Desenvolvimento (NDB), known as Brics, announced the approval of financing of US$120 million, claimed by Aparecida de Goiânia, for investments in infrastructure, education, environment and other.

The Santa Catarina Government of Brazil, was present at China Homelife, the largest Chinese manufacturing fair in Brazil through the Secretariat of Industry, Commerce and Service (Sicos).

The Australian company Tyranna Resources, which operates a lithium mining project in the Namibe province of Angola, announced on the 15th of June that it has concluded an agreement worth US$10 million to supply half the mine’s lithium to a Chinese group Sinomine International Exploration.

Hebei Port Group, the third-largest port operator in China, wants to strengthen ties with the Brazilian Vale in the Chinese city of Tangshan. The partnership aims to expand mineral blending and separation activities in addition to product storage at Caofeidian and Jingtang ports.

On the 21st of June, the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in Portugal, Zhao Bentang, welcomed a delegation of business leaders from Portuguese-speaking countries and Macao, aiming at strengthening ties.

Temu, an e-commerce company owned by the Chinese group Pinduoduo, is expected to start operating in Brazil by the end of 2023.

Guinea-Bissau will take rice, cashew and other products to the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo, announced the spokesperson for companies that will represent the country, Debucada Sanca Mendonça on the 16th of June.

Petrobras informs that the FPSO Sepetiba left the shipyard Bomesc, in Tianjin, China, heading to Brazil on the 16th of June. The platform is expected to start operating in the fourth quarter of this year in the Mero field at the Libra block in the Santos Basin pre-salt area, with capacity to produce up to 180 thousand barrels of oil per day (bpd).

The Chinese group CITIC Group Corporation is negotiating the acquisition and construction of a solar energy project in the municipality of Assu, Rio Grande do Norte (RN). The general manager and the investment analyst met with the governor Fátima Bezerra and her team on the 16th of June to discuss the investment, which will amount to R$ 2.5 billion.