Foreign Funds Compete to Receive Billion-Dollar Fund from Brazilian Construction Company Odebrecht, Which Fell Under Corruption Scandal in 2017.
A sugar-alcohol agreement from Odebrecht has been delayed by the Lone Star and Castlelake funds. The foreign funds expect to receive, before other creditors of Athos, credits estimated at R$ 1 billion. Odebrecht had bankruptcy requested by Caixa in court this October.
The company’s sugar-alcohol agreement is estimated to make a full payment of approximately R$ 8 billion and includes other banking creditors, including BB and BNDES.
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Hungarian mothers began confronting electric car battery factories over fears of contaminated water and industrial waste, saying the green industry was poisoning the neighborhood.
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Brazilian city of the tilted buildings is being “taken over” by the sea and will have a park as a natural barrier on the sand to contain erosion, storm surges, and climate impacts after the water’s advance reached stretches of the Santos waterfront.
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City that lost entire beaches bets on “living speed bumps” at the bottom of the ocean: US$1.8 million project uses artificial reef and promontories to slow down waves, retain sand, and try to reverse decades of erosion in California
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Brooms are becoming a thing of the past: new technology with a cordless vacuum cleaner featuring up to 60 minutes of run time, 3x more powerful suction, and anti-mite filters promises to eliminate up to 99% of dust and revolutionize cleaning in 2026.
The government signaled that it will not assist Odebrecht in restructuring its debt and avoiding bankruptcy. For the government, the recovery of the company is a “market issue” that should be resolved by financial institutions.
Abu Dhabi Fund Negotiates Alcohol Plant Atvos
Mubadala is in talks to acquire Atvos, Odebrecht’s sugar and alcohol unit, in a transaction that could result in a capital injection into the company, according to people familiar with the matter.
The sovereign fund of Abu Dhabi is negotiating with creditor banks, including Banco do Brasil and BNDES, which together made loans of R$ 11 billion to Atvos, the people said, asking not to be identified as the talks are not public.
Mubadala declined to comment. Atvos also did not comment. Atvos, which requested judicial recovery on May 29, presented a restructuring plan to creditors on August 7.
Odebrecht: Former Partner in Diamond Mining
The Catoca Mining Society, which is responsible for extracting over 75% of Angolan diamonds, previously had shareholders from four nations – Angola, Russia, China, and Brazil.
The Brazilian stake (16.4%) in the Catoca Mining Society was sold to Russian and Angolan parties. The chairman of the Board of Directors of Endiama still laments the Brazilian exit from the diamond mining partnership but remains open to new partnerships with Brazil, the first country to recognize Angola after its independence.
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