Key Points — Raízen creditors have presented a new restructuring proposal demanding a capital injection of approximately R$8 billion (US$1.6 billion) — more than double the R$4 billion Shell and Cosan previously committed — The bondholders are also demanding the removal of Cosan founder Rubens Ometto as Raízen’s chairman, seeking a governance overhaul as the […]

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Key Points Brazil is the world’s largest fertilizer importer, consuming roughly 47 million tonnes annually while producing only about 7 million domestically — an 88% import dependency that the Ukraine war, Chinese export bans, and the Iran-Hormuz crisis have each exposed but none have fixed. Petrobras approved the US$1 billion revival of the UFN-III fertilizer […]

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