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The reality of green energy: “green metal” supply chains won’t be able to keep up

NC State SCRC

Environmentalists and automotive companies have committed to converting all of their vehicles to electric power. Congo is an autocracy, but so is #4 on the list: China, which is home to aluminum, copper and lithium, while Indonesia sits on mountains of nickel, and Peru holds nearly a quarter of the world’s silver. The losers?

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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

The Index, in its ninth year, ranks 50 emerging markets countries by factors that make them attractive to logistics providers, freight forwarders, shipping lines, air cargo carriers and distributors. Among other Latin countries, Peru is the biggest mover, climbing three spots to No. 9, falling below No.

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Embracing the South American Ecommerce Marketplace

CH Robinson Transportfolio

It’s worth mentioning that China, the largest trading partner of Brazil, Chile, and Peru, invests heavily in the region, providing more than $140 billion (USD) in loans for infrastructure improvements in the past decade, according to The Business Year. In 2018, Brazil’s busiest container cargo port handled 4.3

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This Week in Logistics News (August 13-17, 2018)

Talking Logistics

In an announcement this week, the two companies said that “based on feedback from various members of the global supply chain ecosystem who would like to adopt the technology, [we] have modified the go to market model and will now deliver [our] solution through an extension of [our] pre-existing collaboration agreement instead of a joint venture.”.