On the 28th of June, the European Commission approved the creation of the company Lobito Atlantic Holdings S.A., a full-function joint venture between the Swiss company Trafigura and Mota-Engil, from Portugal. The Portuguese group is partially owned by the Chinese CCCC.

CCR MSVia started tests with the Song DM i vehicle from the Chinese automaker BYD, a utility vehicle that has a hybrid engine combining battery and combustion.

Chinese company Livoltek, a subsidiary of the Hexing Group, announced the inauguration of a new factory for the production of photovoltaic inverters, chargers for electric vehicles and the brand’s own stringboxes in Manaus (AM), Brazil.

The Rovuma Area 4 concessionaire is preparing a second floating platform, a copy of the first and called Coral Norte to duplicate gas extraction off the northern coast of Mozambique, according to a study that was prepared by the Mozambican firm Consultec and released by the Zitamar information portal.

On the night of the 23rd of June, the “Center for the Development of Agricultural Science + Chinese Education”, a collaboration between South China Agricultural University and the Federal University of Mato Grosso in Brazil, was officially inaugurated in a ceremony at the Federal University of Mato Grosso.

Embraer announced on the 21st of June that it had signed a Letter of Agreement (LoA) with the Lanzhou Aviation Industry Development Group for the conversion of 20 E-Jets to freighters. Embraer and the Lanzhou Group will cooperate to establish E190F and E195F conversion capabilities in Lanzhou, China, accelerating the introduction of the first generation of E-Jet freighters to the Chinese market.

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.