Osorio, Brazil News

Transpetro, the shipping unit of Brazil's state-run oil firm, said on Friday it cleaned up oil from the Tramandai beach in Rio Grande do Sul State, in Brazil's far south, and is investigating what caused the spill.

It's the end of the road for bankrupt former jetsetter Claudio Osorio and his plan to form a new company to churn out state-of-the-art composite panels for low-cost housing around the world.

Elecnor, a Spain-based company engaged in the promotion, development and administration of projects within the energy, telecommunications, transport and environmental sectors, has announced that the company, through its subsidiary Enerfin, has secured an additional 28MW of wind power in Brazil.

Bonsucro today announced that the world's first impact based Standard has been used to certify the sustainable production of sugarcane.

Former IRON MAIDEN frontman Paul Di'Anno will embark on a tour of Brazil, dubbed "Running Free Again" , in September/October - his first since being jailed in March after he falsely collected U.K. government benefits by claiming he suffered nerve damage to his back that prevented him from working.