Bloomberg Brazil’s steel consumption should double within the next 10 years thanks to “gigantic opportunities” and a need to build more infrastructure in Latin America’s biggest economy, said ArcelorMittal SA’s executive in Brazil. Demand for the industrial metal will potentially grow due to the need to build more housing, renewable energy projects, ports as well as oil-and-gas assets, especially ...

  Bloomberg India’s Avaada Group signed an initial pact to invest 400 billion rupees ($5 billion) in a green ammonia project in the country’s northern state of Rajasthan, the company said. The renewable energy producer plans to build a 1 million ton-a-year green ammonia facility in the solar energy-endowed province, creating direct employment for 3,500 people, Avaada said in an ...

  Bloomberg PetroChina Co. posted its best-ever first-half earnings as the nation’s top oil and gas driller benefited from soaring global energy prices, and said that government stimulus is starting to lift Chinese oil demand. The firm reported 82.39 billion yuan ($12 billion) in net income for the first half of the year, up 55% from the same period in ...