The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) released an assessment on the intensity of use of fertilizers and pesticides in the region. For this, it took into account the total tons and tons per 1,000 hectares of agricultural land. Thus, the indicator for the intensity
Bosch opened its new wafer factory in Dresden, Germany, in the summer of 2021, with the company’s largest single investment in history, 1 billion euros. Highly automated and fully connected machines and integrated processes, combined with artificial intelligence (AI) methods, make the Dresden plant a smart factory and
Canada‘s labor market is emerging strongly from the fifth wave of the pandemic, with the economy adding almost 340,000 new jobs in February, more than making up for the loss in January. Overall, Canada has seen the fastest jobs recovery in the G7, recovering 112% of the jobs
All recorded mined gold in human history amounts to approximately 6.6 billion ounces, or 205,238 metric tons. To put this into perspective, if every ounce of this gold were placed side by side, the resulting cube of pure gold would only measure about 22 meters on a side,
The Federal Economic Competition Commission (Cofece) of Mexico approved a concentration of certain assets between Black River and Sempra Energy related to the transportation of pipelines. In December 2021, an agreement was entered into to sell an additional 10% of NCI (non-controlling interest) in Sempra Infrastructure Partners (SI
Specialty egg market in the United States (produced from pasture-raised, free-range, cage-free chickens) accounted for approximately $1.3 billion during the 52 weeks ending December 26, 2021, according to SPINS data. Thus, sales of specialty eggs registered a compound annual growth rate of 10% between 2018 and December 2021.