Several Norwegian companies are concerned about deforestation in Brazil
Several large Norwegian companies are among the 29 senders of a letter to the Brazilian authorities expressing concern about deforestation and human rights in the…
Several large Norwegian companies are among the 29 senders of a letter to the Brazilian authorities expressing concern about deforestation and human rights in the…
Hydro has resumed production at Paragominas bauxite mine in Brazil, the company said. As a consequence, production at Hydro’s aluminum refinery Alunorte will also be…
The spill at Hydro’s plant in Brazil has cost the company around NOK 760 million, according to preliminary accounts from the Brazilian authorities. The costs…
Environmental activists gathered on Friday outside the Brazil Embassy residence to show resistance to the deforestation of the Amazon, which is now threatening more forest…
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has posted video of brutal traditional whaling, probably in the Faroe Islands, and ties this to Norway. The reactions of the…
“Norway has nothing to teach us,” says Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro after the Norwegian decision to withdraw support for the preservation of the Amazon. Deforestation…
The Brazilian government has dissolved by decree the Amazon Fund Guidance Committee (COFA) and Amazon Fund Technical Committee (CTFA). Thus, given the current circumstance, Norway…
Norway stands by our Climate and Forest Agreement with Brazil. From Norway’s point of view, the Amazon fund has worked well until now. It would…
The future of the Amazon Fund is in danger “It will be a huge relapse for the Norwegian rainforest investment If the Amazon Fund is…
Norway’s contribution to the Amazon Fund is wasted “Norway’s billions contributed against the deforestation of the rainforest in the Amazon have been wasted,” Brazil’s Minister…
The Brazil case has cost Hydro 100 million in fines and attorney’s bills.In addition,NOK 7 billion in losses and expenses. On Hydro’s annual capital…
Statkraft has signed an agreement with EDP Energias do Brasil to acquire a cluster of eight operational hydropower plants in the state of Espírito Santo…
Brazilian state prosecutors attack Hydro State Prosecutor Ricardo Negrini in Brazil demands that Norsk Hydro responds to how they will solve the challenges in the…
Just a week after submitting application to Brazilian authorities requesting license to offer commercial air flights into and out-of Brazil; Norway’s low priced air-carrier Norwegian…
928,000 Norwegians watched the World Cup quarter-final between Brazil & Belgium on Norwegian Broadcasting Corp. (NRK) last Friday night, July 6th, representing a market share…
Ronaldo promised to break Brazil’s curse when the football heroes of the legendary World Cup meeting in 1998 again stand face to face on Saturday….
Norwegian citizen, Torkil Tyvold, has now been missing in Rio de Janeiro for over a week. Tyvold was posted in Brazil for Norsk…
More pollution found at the Norsk Hydro plant in Brazil Additional occurrences of pollution from the Alunorte plant in Brazil, which belongs to Norsk Hydro,…
Heavy rains last February at the Norsk Hydro Alunorte facility in Barcarena, Para state, Brazil created an outcry that bauxite toxic waste was poisoning fresh…
Norsk Hydro sends their CFO to take over in Brazil Eivind Kallevik is appointed as CEO of scandal struck Alunorte on a temporary basis. The…