What is the role of pellets within the plastics industry?

What is the role of pellets within the plastics industry?

The term pellets has become popular in recent weeks, following the merchant Tocanao’s dumping into Portuguese waters, the misplaced cargo of which included more than twenty-six tons of plastic pellets that have flooded the sea and reached Spanish coasts. The plastics...

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Puerto Rico: economic and trade outlook

Puerto Rico: economic and trade outlook

Puerto Rico is a Commonwealth of the United States, a territory with a self-governing status that determines its development. The foreign sector has always been one of the most active in its economy and foreign investment is a fundamental basis for its growth. Located...

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Reflections on the steel industry in Latin America

Reflections on the steel industry in Latin America

The transition and sustainability goals assumed by strategic industries are essential for meeting the global challenge of environmental respect, but undertaking them in a century-old and unequal sector such as steel is especially challenging for a region like Latin...

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Circular Economy in the Construction Industry

Circular Economy in the Construction Industry

The environmental impact of the construction industry is significant, as it is a very intensive activity due to both the consumption of natural resources and the energy expenditure required for the activity. This condition makes a circular economy approach imperative....

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Paraguay: Economic and Trade Outlook

Paraguay: Economic and Trade Outlook

Paraguay has a very young population—half of its more than 7.5 million inhabitants are under 27 years old—and its economy is based on agriculture and livestock. The main trading partners of this Latin American country are in the region: Brazil and Argentina....

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Chile: Economic and Trade Outlook

Chile: Economic and Trade Outlook

Although mining is still the driving force of its economy, Chile has become a benchmark in renewable energy in recent years and a major recipient of foreign investment for the development of solar and water energy projects. Following the shock of the COVID-19...

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Iberdrola Day, synergies with a strategic customer

Iberdrola Day, synergies with a strategic customer

On February 29, we received corporate leaders from Iberdrola at MAPFRE Corporate University, on the Monte del Pilar Campus, with whom we discussed their transformation process, focusing on the current energy transition and the commitments undertaken in sustainability....

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The technologies that will shape the future

The technologies that will shape the future

The technological evolution is advancing in a vertiginous and transversal way, transforming everything from our small routines to the most transcendental global business. Impossible to reduce into a small list, here are some of the most relevant technologies that will...

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