Grupo Condumex, a subsidiary of Grupo Carso, was affected by the shortage of semiconductor chips in 2022. The company was adversely affected last year by a lack of microcomponents and a lack of logistics capacity, which generated unplanned stoppages of 58 days for GM customers, 124 days for
OxyChem schedules the conversion of its Battleground chlor-alkali plant, located in Houston, USA, to membrane technology to begin in 2023 and be completed in 2026. In 2022, this company’s capital expenditures amounted to $322 million. With net sales of US$36,634 million in 2022, OxyChem’s main activities are divided
The revenues of mexican company Orbia reached an all-time high of US$9.6 billion in 2022, a 10% increase over 2021. In one of its businesses, Polymer Solutions, the production process begins with salt extraction, where water is injected into a salt dome, creating a brine. The brine is
Major FDI projects in Brazil include the construction of a palm mill and the Rio-Valadares highway, according to UNCTAD data. While Empresas Copec (Chile) is building the palm mill, the Rio-Valadares highway in Brazil is sponsored by EcoRodovias (Brazil) and Logistica (Italy). Brazil captured flows of 86.05 billion
Industrias Peñoles is comprised of 21 operating plants and is the world’s largest producer of refined silver and is the Latin American leader in the production of refined gold and lead. The company is also among the world’s leading producers of refined zinc and sodium sulfate. Through its
Vietnam expressed an approach to Mexico related to the term market economy in the World Trade Organization (WTO). In the case of centrally planned economies, the investigating agency in Mexico uses the price of similar goods in a market economy third country to calculate the dumping margin. Article